# 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.

## Electoral record
### Federal

vte2019 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 | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,030 | 98.06 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,286 | 1.94 | -0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,316 | 68.47 | -0.43 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 96,848 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | +10.41 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

### Provincial

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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,897 | 98.16 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 542 | 1.84 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,439 | 58.65 | -16.62 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,305 | 98.84 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 404 | 1.16 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,709 | 75.27 | +3.25 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,110 | – | – |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007
* ↑ Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007
* ↑ Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007
* ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
* ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2021.