François Desrochers

François Desrochers
MNA for Mirabel
In office
April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded by Denise Beaudoin
Succeeded by Denise Beaudoin
Personal details
Political party Action démocratique du Québec
Profession teacher

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.

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

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Preceded by
Camil Bouchard (PQ)		 Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Education
2007–Current 		Succeeded by
Incumbent