Hilaire Cholette was a physician and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Vaudreuil

Vaudreuil (provincial electoral district)

Vaudreuil is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1988 from a part of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. It includes the cities of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Hudson and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative.

He was born in Rigaud

Rigaud, Quebec

Rigaud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the county of Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the junction of the Ottawa River and the Rigaud River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 6,780...

, Canada East

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, the son of Hyacinthe Cholet and Julie Séguin, and was educated at the Collège Bourget

Collège Bourget

Collège Bourget is a Roman Catholic French-language private school and former classical college in Rigaud, Quebec, Canada operated by the Clerics of Saint Viator. It was founded in 1850, and is named after Ignace Bourget, bishop of Montreal from 1840 until 1876...

 and Victoria College in Montreal

Montreal

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. He received his diploma in medicine in 1876 and set up practice in Sainte-Justine-de-Newton

Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Quebec

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. In 1883, Cholette married Marie-Corinne Taylor. He was a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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 and also served on the municipal council for Sainte-Justine-de-Newton. Cholette was defeated by Émery Lalonde

Émery Lalonde, Jr.

Émery Lalonde was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal member from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1901....

when he ran for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890. He defeated Lalonde in 1892 but lost to him when he ran for reelection in 1897. Cholette died in Sainte-Justine-de-Newton at the age of 49.