Jean-Paul Deschatelets


Jean-Paul Deschatelets, 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.