Lionel Henri Choquette (March 6, 1906 – September 27, 1983) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served in the Senate of Canada from 1958 to 1981.[1]

Choquette was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1932 and opened his law practice in Ottawa.[1]

He was a two-time candidate in Ottawa East for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada, running in the 1935 federal election as a Conservative,[2] and again in the 1949 election as a Progressive Conservative candidate.[3]

Choquette was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958,[4] and remained there until reaching mandatory retirement age in 1981.[1]

He died on September 27, 1983, at the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, three days after suffering a stroke at his home.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Former senator dies at 77". Ottawa Citizen, September 28, 1983.
  2. ↑ "Lionel Choquette Named By East Ottawa Conservatives". Ottawa Citizen, August 30, 1935.
  3. ↑ "L. Choquette Now In Race In E. Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen, May 20, 1949.
  4. ↑ Clark Davey, "Parliamentary Scene: Lonely MP From NWT Huddles in His Parka". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1958.


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