Jean-Paul Deschatelets

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Jean-Paul Deschatelets

| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC|size=100%}}

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| office = Speaker of the Senate of Canada

| term_start = September 5, 1968

| term_end = December 13, 1972

| appointer = Roland Michener

| nominator = Pierre Trudeau

| predecessor = Sydney John Smith

| successor = Muriel McQueen Fergusson

| office1 = Minister of Public Works

| primeminister1 = Lester B. Pearson

| term_start1 = April 22, 1963

| term_end1 = February 11, 1965

| predecessor1 = Davie Fulton

| successor1 = Lucien Cardin

| office2 = Senator for Lauzon, Quebec

| appointed2 = Lester B. Pearson

| predecessor2 = Léonard Tremblay

| successor2 = Michel Cogger

| term_start2 = February 24, 1966

| term_end2 = January 10, 1986

| riding3 = Maisonneuve—Rosemont

| parliament3 = Canadian

| term_start3 = August 10, 1953

| term_end3 = November 7, 1965

| predecessor3 = Sarto Fournier

| successor3 = J. Antonio Thomas

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|10|09}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|12|11|1912|10|09}}

| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| restingplace = Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

| party = Liberal

| children = 3

| profession = {{hlist|Lawyer}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Fernande Dufresne|1939}}

| education = {{plainlist|

• Collège Sainte-Marie (BA)
• University of Montreal (LLB)

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Jean-Paul Deschatelets {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}} (October 9, 1912 – December 11, 1986) 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.{{Cite book|title=Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société|publisher=Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery|location=Montreal|language=fr}}