François Desrochers

François Desrochers is a politician and teacher from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Mirabel from 2007 to 2008.

François Desrochers
MNA for Mirabel
In office
April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded byDenise Beaudoin
Succeeded byDenise Beaudoin
Personal details
Political partyAction démocratique du Québec
Professionteacher

Desrochers hold a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from the Université du Québec à Montréal and is currently doing a masters degree in the same domain at the Université de Sherbrooke Before his election, Desrochers was a public school teacher for nine years in human sciences and was an assistant principal at École secondaire des Patriotes in Saint-Eustache.[1]

Desrochers was first elected for the ADQ (which he was a member since 1995) in the 2007 election with 44% of the vote. Parti Québécois incumbent Denise Beaudoin finished second with 34% of the vote. Desrochers took office on April 12, 2007.[2] On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Education.[3]

Footnotes
  1. Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007
  2. Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007
  3. Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Political offices
Preceded by
Camil Bouchard (PQ)		 Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Education
2007–Current		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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