Rémy Désilets
Rémy Désilets is a Quebec, Canada politician. He was a Member of the National Assembly. Background

He was born on December 27, 1952, in Drummondville, Centre-du-Québec and is an educator. Political career

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. Controversy
Désilets courted controversy in 2016 through an illegal contribution to a colleague's campaign fund, for which he was fined C$6,000. References

See also 

Politics of Quebec
Quebec general elections
Quebec Liberal Party

1952 births
Living people
Parti Québécois MNAs
People from Drummondville
Canadian truck drivers
21st-century Canadian politicians
French Quebecers