François Choquette
François Choquette | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Drummond | |
| Assumed office May 2, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Pomerleau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 3, 1974 Granby, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Teacher, politician |
François Choquette MP (born January 3, 1974) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Drummond as a member of the New Democratic Party.
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 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
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | François Choquette | 15,833 | 30.5 | -21.1 | – | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Côté | 13,793 | 26.5 | +18.1 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Diane Bourgeois | 11,862 | 22.8 | +0.8 | – | |||
| Conservative | Pascale Déry | 9,221 | 17.7 | +1.8 | – | |||
| Green | Émile Coderre | 1,270 | 2.4 | +0.3 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,979 | 100.0 | $216,664.68 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,098 | 2.10 | +0.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,077 | 65.28 | +2.69 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,303 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -19.6 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +25.8 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 878 | 1.82 | -0.38 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,298 | 62.59 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,162 | – | – | |||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ Election 2011: Drummond. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
- ^ Kirkup, Kristy (12 November 2015). "Tom Mulcair taps Nathan Cullen, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron for top critic roles". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ Selley, Chris (November 10, 2017). "Indigenous MP opposes fellow New Democrats on official bilingualism for Supreme Court". National Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Drummond, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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