predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
francine gaudet jean-paul diamond saint-paulin , quebec action démocratique du québec coalition avenir quebec mna for maskinongé 24 june 1952 april 25 , 2007 sylvie grenier jean damphousse
 november 5 , 2008 jean damphousse
jean damphousse

jean damphousse -lrb- born june 24 , 1952 in saint-paulin , quebec -rrb- is a politician from quebec , canada .
he was an action démocratique du québec member of the national assembly for the electoral district of maskinongé from 2007 to 2008 .
damphousse holds a bachelor 's degree in business administration from the université du québec à trois-rivières and a master 's degree in project management from the université de sherbrooke .
he was the owner of several local firms in the maskinongé and saint-ursule areas .
before his election , he served as mayor of sainte-ursule as well as a councillor .
he also worked for the chamber of commerce of louiseville , the maskinongé municipal regional counsel , and the maskinongé health and social service center .
damphousse was first elected in the 2007 election with 40 % of the vote .
liberal incumbent francine gaudet finished second with 29 % of the vote .
damphousse took office on april 12 , 2007 .
in the 2012 election he ran unsuccessfully for the caq in maskinongé .
