Education
Champagne was raised in Shawinigan, Quebec, and studied law at the Université de Montréal and Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Champagne was raised in Shawinigan, Quebec, and studied law at the Université de Montréal and Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
After several years working as a senior attorney for Elsag Bailey Process Automation, he joined ABB Group in 1999, eventually rising to group vice president and senior counsel In 2008 he joined Amec Public Limited Company as a strategic development director, and was designated a "young global leader" by the World Economic Forum. In an interview with The Globe & Mail in 2009, Champagne expressed his desire to eventually return to Canada and enter politics, citing fellow Shawinigan resident Jean Chretien as an inspiration.
Subsequently returning to Canada, he became involved in a variety of business and non-profit ventures.
He became the Liberal candidate for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and was elected to Parliament on October 19, 2015.