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François Desrochers

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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

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 master's 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]

Electoral record

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Federal

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2019 Canadian federal election: Mirabel
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Simon Marcil 33,219 51.08 +19.59 $7,193.50
Liberal Karl Trudel 16,162 24.85 -1.26 $36,834.25
Conservative François Desrochers 5,940 9.13 -1.00 none listed
New Democratic Anne-Marie Saint-Germain 5,219 8.03 -22.05 $902.88
Green Julie Tremblay 3,517 5.41 +3.22 $10,545.78
People's Christian Montpetit 641 0.99 none listed
Indépendence du Québec Pietro Biacchi 332 0.51 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,030 98.06
Total rejected ballots 1,286 1.94 -0.00
Turnout 66,316 68.47 -0.43
Eligible voters 96,848
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +10.41
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

Provincial

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2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Denise Beaudoin 13,700 47.41 +13.33
Liberal Ritha Cossette 7,207 24.94 +8.85
Action démocratique François Desrochers 6,522 22.57 -21.86
Green Simon Cadieux 847 2.93 -0.66
Québec solidaire Kim Joly 621 2.15 +0.34
Total valid votes 28,897 98.16
Total rejected ballots 542 1.84
Turnout 29,439 58.65 -16.62
Electors on the lists 50,196
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique François Desrochers 15,241 44.43 +10.05
Parti Québécois Denise Beaudoin 11,691 34.08 -4.25
Liberal Ritha Cossette 5,520 16.09 -11.20
Green Sylvain Castonguay 1,233 3.59
Québec solidaire Jocelyn Parent 620 1.81
Total valid votes 34,305 98.84
Total rejected ballots 404 1.16
Turnout 34,709 75.27 +3.25
Electors on the lists 46,110

Footnotes

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  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
  4. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
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Political offices
Preceded by Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Education
2007–Current
Succeeded by