Joseph Pernette (1728–1807)[1] was a German-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia.
He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1761 to 1770.
He was born in Strasbourg, served in the Breton Volunteers and then came to Nova Scotia as a Foreign Protestants with Edward Cornwallis in 1751.
Pernette served as an aide-de-camp during the taking of Quebec City in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Pernette served as justice of the peace, deputy surveyor and was colonel in the local militia, participating in the defense of Lunenburg during the Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782).