Dechert was previously appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in May 2011, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minsiter of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in March 2010.
He was elected to the House of Commons in 2008 and re-elected in 2011. Prior to his political career, Dechert was a senior partner at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and former president of the Empire Club.
Congratulations to Mr. Dechert!