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.

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.

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. On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Education.

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