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 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 edit

Federal edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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