Member of the Dutch House of Representatives from October 12th, 1976 to September 11th, 1981 for the party Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) (Catholic People's Party) which would later become the Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) (Christian Democratic Appeal). For this party, he was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives from September 16th, 1982 to November 4th, 1982, from June 3rd, 1986 to July 14th, 1986 and from September 14th, 1989 to November 7th, 1989.