François Choquette

François Choquette (born January 3, 1974) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election and re-elected in 2015 before being defeated in 2019.[1] He represented the electoral district of Drummond as a member of the New Democratic Party.

François Choquette
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Drummond
In office May 2, 2011 – October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Roger Pomerleau
Succeeded by	Martin Champoux
Personal details
Born	(1974-01-03) January 3, 1974 Granby, Quebec, Canada
Political party	New Democratic Party
Profession	Teacher, politician

Prior to being elected, Choquette was a teacher. Choquette has a bachelor's degree in secondary education in French and history and a master's degree in literature.

Choquette also ran unsuccessfully in the 2006 federal election in Drummond.

After the 2015 election, Choquette was appointed the NDP critic for Official Languages in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.[2] Choquette sponsored a private member's bill (Bill C-203) that would require Supreme Court judges be fluently bilingual in English and French.[3] However, it was defeated with both Liberals and Conservatives voting against the bill.

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Champoux	24,574	44.8
	Liberal	William Morales	9,552	17.4
	Conservative	Jessica Ebacher	9,086	16.6
	New Democratic	François Choquette	8,716	15.9
	Green	Frédérik Bernier	1,856	3.4
	People's	Steeve Paquet	525	1.0
	Rhinoceros	Réal Batrhino	270	0.5
	Animal Protection	Lucas Munger	248	0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,824	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,126
Turnout			55,950	66.7
Eligible voters			83,916
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2015 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Choquette	15,833	30.5	-21.1	$46,839.41
	Liberal	Pierre Côté	13,793	26.5	+18.1	$17,306.35
	Bloc Québécois	Diane Bourgeois	11,862	22.8	+0.8	$34,502.97
	Conservative	Pascale Déry	9,221	17.7	+1.8	$58,680.41
	Green	Émile Coderre	1,270	2.4	+0.3	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,979	100.0		$217,456.41
Total rejected ballots			1,098	–	–
Turnout			53,077	–	–
Eligible voters			81,303
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-19.6
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2011 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Choquette	24,489	51.6	+34.8
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	10,410	22.0	-16.8
	Conservative	Normand W. Bernier	7,555	15.9	-9.4
	Liberal	Pierre Côté	3,979	8.4	-8.4
	Green	Robin Fortin	987	2.1	-0.4
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,420	100.0
Total rejected ballots			878	1.82	-0.38
Turnout			48,298	62.59	–
Eligible voters			77,162	–	–

2006 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	22,575	49.7	-6.6	$38,371
	Conservative	Jean-Marie Pineault	10,134	22.3	+5.4	$51,057
	Liberal	Éric Cardinal	7,437	16.4	-6.4	$75,543
	New Democratic	François Choquette	2,870	6.3	+4.5	$1,903
	Green	Jean-Benjamin Milot	2,418	5.3	+3.1	$865
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,434	100.0	$76,054

References

1. Election 2011: Drummond. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
2. Kirkup, Kristy (November 12, 2015). "Tom Mulcair taps Nathan Cullen, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron for top critic roles". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
3. Selley, Chris (November 10, 2017). "Indigenous MP opposes fellow New Democrats on official bilingualism for Supreme Court". National Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Drummond, 30 September 2015
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• François Choquette – Parliament of Canada biography