Lionel Choquette  Lionel Choquette (March 6, 1906 – September 27, 1983) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Choquette was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1932 and opened his law practice in Ottawa. He was a candidate in Ottawa East for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada and was defeated in the 1935 federal election as a Conservative and again in the 1949 election as a Progressive Conservative candidate. Choquette was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and remained there until his death in 1983.