Rémy Désilets | |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Honorific-Suffix: | MNA |
Office: | Government Member of the National Assembly of Quebec |
Term Start: | 1994 |
Term End: | 2003 |
Majority: | 48% |
Office2: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, Social Services, Youth Protection and Violence Prevention |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Term End2: | 2003 |
Birth Date: | 1952-12-25 |
Birth Place: | Drummondville, Centre-du-Québec |
Citizenship: | Canadian |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Mother: | Gilberte Chabot |
Father: | Joseph Désilets |
Education: | Bachelor of Arts (Physical Education), 1976; Certificate in Sports Training, 1978 |
Alma Mater: | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. |
Occupation: | Teacher of Physical Education and Politician[1] |
Rémy Désilets is a Quebec, Canada politician. He was a Member of the National Assembly.
He was born on December 27, 1952, in Drummondville, Centre-du-Québec and is an educator.
Désilets ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in the provincial district of Maskinongé in 1994 and won. He succeeded Liberal incumbent Yvon Picotte who had just retired from politics.
He was re-elected in 1998 and served as Parliamentary Assistant from 2002 to 2003.
In 2003, he lost re-election against Liberal candidate Francine Gaudet.
He attempted a political comeback in 2007, but finished third, behind winner Jean Damphousse from the Action Démocratique du Québec and Gaudet who was running for re-election.
Désilets courted controversy in 2016 through an illegal contribution to a colleague's campaign fund, for which he was fined C$6,000.[2]