Background
He was born in Quebec City, the son of Honoré-Julien Chouinard and Marie Elisabeth Célina Pelletier.
He was born in Quebec City, the son of Honoré-Julien Chouinard and Marie Elisabeth Célina Pelletier.
Chouinard was educated at the Collège Sainte-Anne, the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval.
He represented Dorchester in the Canadian House of Commons from 1888 to 1891 as a Nationalist Conservative member. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1873. Chouinard was one of the founders of the newspaper Louisiana Justice.
He was vice-president of the Quebec and Lac Saint-Jean Railway.
Chouinard was also president of Le Club Cartier de Québec, the Quebec Geographical Society, L"Institut Canadien de Québec and Louisiana Societé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec. He ran unsuccessfully in the federal riding of L"Islet in 1882.
He served as clerk for the city of Quebec from 1890 to 1927. Chouinard published a number of works including Histoire de la Societé Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec.
He was one of the first to advocate a major celebration for the tricentennial of Quebec City in 1908 and the establishment of a park on the Plains of Abraham.
He died at Quebec City at the age of 78.
He served as a member of the council for Quebec City.