Hector Choquette
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1884–1959)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Hector Choquette
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| 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 = {{birth date|1884|10|3}}
| birth_place = Saint-Alphonse, near Granby, Quebec
| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|5|8|1884|10|3}}
| death_place = Montreal, Quebec
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| party = Action libérale nationale
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Hector Choquette (October 3, 1884 – May 8, 1959) was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).{{Quebec MNA biography|choquette-hector-2567}}
Early life
Member of the legislature
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.
Political comeback
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.
Federal politics
Choquette unsuccessfully ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal district of Shefford in the 1957 federal election.
Death
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Category:Action libérale nationale MNAs
Category:Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Category:Candidates in the 1957 Canadian federal election
Category:20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
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