Roch Cholette
| Roch Cholette | |
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| MNA for Hull | |
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In office December 15, 1998 – April 9, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Lesage |
| Succeeded by | Maryse Gaudreault |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 16, 1963 Lachine, Quebec |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Profession | Accountant |
Roch Cholette (born May 16, 1963 in Lachine, Quebec) is a public accountant and a former municipal and provincial politician in Quebec, Canada.
Cholette studied at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (Université du Québec à Hull at that time) and completed a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1987.
He served as the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the provincial riding of Hull from 1998 until 2008, as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus.
He was a member of the Ordre des comptables generaux licenciés du Québec (Certified General Accountants of Quebec) for over 10 years and also worked at the Office of the Auditor-General of Canada.
Cholette started his political career in 1992 when he was elected as a councillor for the former city of Hull. He remained at that position until the 1998 provincial election when he ran as a candidate in the riding of Hull. He was elected in 1998 and the opposition critic in immigration then in municipal affairs. During his first mandate, the Liberals were the opposition party and the Parti Québécois (PQ) under Lucien Bouchard and later Bernard Landry were in power. Cholette was the Liberal Party's municipal affairs critic and had heavily criticized the party's municipal reorganization project, known as Bill 170.
After being re-elected and the Liberals won a majority government in the 2003 election, Cholette remained a backbencher MNA, and was named the Parliamentary Secretary of Premier Jean Charest in 2005.
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