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. He served in the 41st and 42nd Canadian Parliaments before losing his seat in 2019.^[1] He represented the electoral district of Drummond as a member of the New Democratic Party.

François Choquette
Member of Parliament for Drummond
In office May 2, 2011 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Roger Pomerleau
Succeeded by	Martin Champoux
Personal details
Born	(1974-01-03) January 3, 1974 (age 50) 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.^{[citation needed]}

Choquette also ran unsuccessfully in the 2006 federal election, and attempted a non-consecutive comeback in the 2021 election, in Drummond.

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

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Champoux	23,866	46.62	+1.80	$25,502.47
	Liberal	Mustapha Berri	9,614	18.78	+1.36	$7,431.67
	Conservative	Nathalie Clermont	9,179	17.93	+1.36	$26,169.29
	New Democratic	François Choquette	5,709	11.15	-4.75	$2,464.36
	Free	Josée Joyal	1,728	3.38	–	$737.73
	Animal Protection	Lucas Munger	674	1.32	+0.86	$6,472.17
	No affiliation	Sylvain Marcoux	419	0.82	–	$1,820.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,189	97.54	–	$114,998.66
Total rejected ballots			1,289	2.46	–
Turnout			52,478	61.33	-5.22
Registered voters			85,569
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+0.22
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Drummond
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Champoux	24,574	44.82	+22	$18,378.63
	Liberal	William Morales	9,552	17.42	-9.1	$17,277.86
	Conservative	Jessica Ebacher	9,086	16.57	-1.1	none listed
	New Democratic	François Choquette	8,716	15.90	-14.6	none listed
	Green	Frédérik Bernier	1,856	3.39	+1	$3,099.20
	People's	Steeve Paquet	525	0.96		$2,460.77
	Rhinoceros	Réal Batrhino	270	0.49		$2,215.01
	Animal Protection	Lucas Munger	248	0.45		$2,484.77
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,824	97.99
Total rejected ballots			1,126	2.01
Turnout			55,950	66.55
Eligible voters			84,074
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.55
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

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^[8]^[9]

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 January 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. 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. from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
3. Selley, Chris (November 10, 2017). "Indigenous MP opposes fellow New Democrats on official bilingualism for Supreme Court". National Post. from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
4. "Confirmed candidates — Drummond". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
5. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
8. "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Drummond, 30 September 2015". from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• François Choquette – Parliament of Canada biography