Bob Dechert was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008 and re-elected in 2011. From March 2010, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. In May 2011, Mr. Dechert was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Bob Dechert
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice
Mississauga – Erindale (Ontario)
Bob Dechert was elected to the House of Commons in 2008 and re-elected in 2011. He was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in September 2013.
Previously, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in May 2011 and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in March 2010. Mr. Dechert has served as a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, the Finance Committee, the Ethics Committee and the Special Committee on Afghanistan.
Mr. Dechert is a former senior partner with the law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, and a former president of the Empire Club of Canada.
Bob currently serves on:
- Justice Committee
- Canada China Legislative Association
- Canada Japan Interparliamentary Group
- Canada UK Interparliamentary Association
- Canada US Interparliamentary Association
- Canada Nato Parliamentary Association
- Friendship Groups of Australia, Croatia, Greece, Malaysia, Poland, Ukraine, Taiwan, Philippines and Russia
Bob has lived in Mississauga for many years with his wife Ruth Clark.