Jérôme Choquette (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom ʃɔkɛt]; January 25, 1928 – September 1, 2017) was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada.
[1] Choquette ran a private law practice, representing various claimants in a wide range of cases from his office on Avenue du Parc, downtown Montreal.
He graduated from McGill University with a law degree in 1949, and was called to the Bar of Quebec in the same year.
Choquette was the Minister of Justice during the October Crisis and one of the targets of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorists who kidnapped and murdered Pierre Laporte, his fellow cabinet member and then-Deputy Premier.
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.
During the October Crisis, Choquette reportedly reluctantly supported the suspension of civil liberties under the War Measures Act.