Fernand Choquette | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmagny |
Predecessor: | Joseph-Ernest Grégoire |
Successor: | Antoine Rivard |
Term Start: | 1939 |
Term End: | 1948 |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1895 |
Birth Place: | Montmagny, Quebec |
Death Place: | Quebec City, Quebec |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Party: | Liberal |
Relations: | Philippe-Auguste Choquette, father |
Children: | Auguste Choquette |
Fernand Choquette, (October 27, 1895 - January 17, 1975) was a Canadian Quebec MNA and judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal from 1956 until 1970. He also worked as a lawyer for over 10 years and a teacher for over 20 years.
Born in Montmagny, Quebec, the son of Philippe-Auguste Choquette and Marie Bender, he received a B.A. in 1915 and an LL.B in 1918 from Université Laval. He married Marguerite Vallerand in 1922.
Defeated in the 1935 and 1936 provincial elections, Choquette served two terms as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1939 to 1948 for the riding of Montmagny (now part of Montmagny-L'Islet).
In 1972 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the advancement of law".