Jérôme Choquette (born January 25, 1928) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

Choquette was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Academy and Stanislas College. He graduated from McGill University with a law degree in 1949, and was called to the Bar of Quebec in the same year. In 1951, he obtained a doctorate in economics from the Paris Law School in Paris, France. He also studied at the School of Business Administration at Columbia University in New York City. This article needs cleanup. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... McGill University is a research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The Barreau du Québec is the bar association for lawyers in Quebec. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Columbia University is a large private research university in New York City comprising, through its affiliates, five undergraduate colleges and sixteen graduate and professional schools. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...

He practiced law in Montreal beginning in 1951, and was given the honorary title of Queen's Counsel in 1963. In the 1966 provincial election, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec from the riding of Outremont in Montreal as a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec. He was re-elected in the 1970 and 1973 elections. In the Quebec general election on June 5, 1966, the Union Nationale under Daniel Johnson, Sr. ... The Quebec Parliament Building at night The National Assembly is the legislative body of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... This page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... In the Quebec general election on April 29, 1970, the Quebec Liberal Party under Robert Bourassa defeated the incumbent Union Nationale under Jean-Jacques Bertrand. ... In the Quebec general election on October 29, 1973, the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party under Robert Bourassa won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois under René Lévesque and the Union Nationale. ...

In the Liberal government of Robert Bourassa, he served as Minister of Financial Institutions from May to October 1970, Minister of Justice from May 1970 to July 1975, and Minister of Education from July to September 1975, when he resigned from the Liberal Party. A portrait of Robert Bourassa, taken during his second term as premier of Quebec (1985–1994). ...

He was the Quebec Minister of Justice during the October Crisis and one of the targets of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorists who kidnapped and executed his fellow cabinet member and Vice-Premier, Pierre Laporte. Seen as a decisive and strong Cabinet Minister, Jerome Choquette took the position during the Crisis that the government of Quebec could not give in to the demands of the terrorist without comprising its responsibility as the democratically elected Government. Following the resolution of the Crisis and expiration of the War Measures Act, Choquette brought in the services of the Quebec Ombudsman and provided the vehicle by which anyone unjustly treated had their case reviewed and given proper compensation. The October Crisis was a series of dramatic events triggered by two terrorist kidnappings that occurred in Quebec, Canada, during the month of October, 1970. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a Nationalist terrorist group founded in the 1960s that was part of the Quebec sovereignty movement. ... Terrorism refers to the use of violence for the purpose of achieving a political, religious, or ideological goal. ... Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the FLQ. Pierre Laporte Pierre Laporte was born in Montreal, Quebec. ... The War Measures Act was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers. ... An ombudsman is a government official charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints reported by individual citizens. ...

A strong supporter of human rights, Jerome Choquette was the Cabinet Minister who helped create the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and introduced it into the National Assembly in 1975. Jérôme Choquette was a Canadian politician. ... The Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms was passed by the National Assembly of Quebec in 1975. ...

On December 14, 1975, he founded the Parti National Populaire with Fabien Roy, a member of the National Assembly who had been expelled from the Ralliement créditiste du Québec. Choquette was confirmed as leader of the party at a party congress on October 24, 1976. He was defeated in Outremont in the November 1976 Quebec election. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Parti national populaure or PNP (in English: Peoples National Party) was one of the various creditist political parties in Québec, Canada that operated in the 1970s. ... Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a Canadian politician in the 1970s. ... The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a political party in Québec, Canada that operated under several names from 1970-1980. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ...

Choquette resigned from the PNP on March 29, 1977, and re-joined the Liberal Party on January 16, 1978. He re-started his law career in 1976, and served as mayor of the Montreal suburb of Outremont from 1983 to 1991. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...

In 1993, he began a campaign for the leadership of the Civic Party, a municipal political party in Montreal, but later withdrew from the race, and founded the Parti des Montréalais (Montrealers’ Party). As leader of that party, he was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Montreal in 1994.

See also

• Politics of Quebec
• List of Quebec general elections
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• National Assembly of Quebec
• List of Quebec political parties