Hector Choquette | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Shefford |
Predecessor: | Robert-Raoul Bachand |
Successor: | Charles Munson Bullock |
Term Start: | 1935 |
Term End: | 1939 |
Predecessor2: | Charles Munson Bullock |
Successor2: | Gaston Ledoux |
Term Start2: | 1944 |
Term End2: | 1952 |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1884 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Alphonse, near Granby, Quebec |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Party: | Action libérale nationale Union Nationale |
Hector Choquette (October 3, 1884 - May 8, 1959) was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).
He was born on October 3, 1884, near Granby, Estrie and became a farmer.
He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Shefford in the 1935 provincial election and won. Choquette joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Charles Munson Bullock in the 1939 election.
Choquette was re-elected in the 1944 and 1948 elections. He lost his bid for re-election in the 1952 elections and was succeeded by Liberal candidate Gaston Ledoux.
Choquette unsuccessfully ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal district of Shefford in the 1957 federal election.
He died on May 8, 1959, in Montreal.[1]