Under former mayor Yves Ducharme, he was one of the members of the city's executive committee along with Jocelyne Houle, Louise Poirier and André Levac.
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After being a school trustee at the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs, Desjardins entered politics in 1999 when he was elected to the former city of Gatineau's Council under then-mayor Robert Labine.
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