Robert Deschamps
| Robert Deschamps | |
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| MNA for Saint-Maurice | |
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In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Claude Pinard |
| Succeeded by | Claude Pinard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1940 |
| Political party | Action démocratique du Québec |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Gauthier |
Robert "Bob" Deschamps (born January 6, 1940) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Saint-Maurice from 2007 to 2008.
Deschamps, who has a background in education, was a teacher for 24 years after obtaining a degree at the Université de Montréal and completing additional studies at St. Dunstan's University in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where he played for the university's hockey club. He was also a director for a Montreal mining exploration company for eight years. He was also a manager and football coach in the league he founded in 1965, the Ligue de football interscolaire de Mauricie, and was involved heavily in many canoe associations regionally and provincially.
He had been a long-life supporter of the sovereignty of Quebec and was a Parti Québécois supporter and member for nearly 40 years. He unsuccessfully ran three times as a New Democratic Party candidate. His first attempt was at the provincial level in the district of Laviolette in 1976. He also ran at the federal level in the district of Saint-Maurice against Liberal Jean Chrétien in 1979 and 1993.
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