Jean-Paul Deschatelets Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Jean-Paul Deschatelets
Office:Speaker of the Senate of Canada
Term Start:September 5, 1968
Term End:December 13, 1972
Appointer:Roland Michener
Nominator:Pierre Trudeau
Predecessor:Sydney John Smith
Office1:Minister of Public Works
Primeminister1:Lester B. Pearson
Term Start1:April 22, 1963
Term End1:February 11, 1965
Predecessor1:Davie Fulton
Successor1:Lucien Cardin
Office2:Senator for Lauzon, Quebec
Appointed2:Lester B. Pearson
Predecessor2:Léonard Tremblay
Successor2:Michel Cogger
Term Start2:February 24, 1966
Term End2:January 10, 1986
Riding3:Maisonneuve—Rosemont
Parliament3:Canadian
Term Start3:August 10, 1953
Term End3:November 7, 1965
Predecessor3:Sarto Fournier
Successor3:J. Antonio Thomas
Birth Date:9 October 1912
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Restingplace:Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Party:Liberal
Children:3
Education:

Jean-Paul Deschatelets (October 9, 1912  - December 11, 1986) was a Canadian parliamentarian.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1953 as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Maisonneuve—Rosemont. He was re-elected in 1957, 1958, 1962, and 1963. He was Minister of Public Works from 1963 to 1965.

In 1966, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Lauzon, Quebec. He resigned in January 1986. He was the Speaker of the Senate of Canada from 1968 to 1972.

After his death in 1986, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery. Montreal. fr.