Fernand Choquette

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Fernand Choquette

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| 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 = {{birth date|1895|10|27}}

| birth_place = Montmagny, Quebec

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|01|17|1895|10|27}}

| death_place = Quebec City, Quebec

| nationality = Canadian

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| party = Liberal

| relations = Philippe-Auguste Choquette, father

| children = Auguste Choquette

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Fernand Choquette, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}} ({{IPA|fr|fɛʁnɑ̃ ʃɔkɛt}}; 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".{{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=1886|accessdate=26 May 2010}}

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