Fernand Choquette Explained

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".