Rémy Désilets

Rémy Désilets MNA

Government Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
In office 1994–2003
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Ray Hnatyshyn, Roméo LeBlanc, Adrienne Clarkson
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Yvon Picotte
Succeeded by	Francine Gaudet
Constituency	Maskinongé (provincial electoral district)
Majority	48%
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, Social Services, Youth Protection and Violence Prevention
In office 2002–2003

Personal details
Born	1952-12-25 Drummondville, Centre-du-Québec
Citizenship	Canadian
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Parti Québécois
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

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.