Education
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.
politician Member of the National Assembly
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 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 (Province of Quebec) under Lucien Bouchard and later Bernard Landry were in power.
However, Cholette"s majority was reduced significantly during the 2007 election because of the strong performance of the Action démocratique du Québec"s candidate Francois Lizotte and the Green Party"s Melanie Perrault.
He was later named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finances and President of the Treasury Board, portfolios that are occupied by Monique Jérôme-Forget. On April 9, 2008, Cholette announced his resignation as Hull MNA and was replaced by his constituency assistant Maryse Gaudreault in the resulting by-election.
Cholette has shown interest in running for mayor of the city of Gatineau in the 2009 municipal elections.
Cholette started his political career in 1992 when he was elected as a councillor for the former city of Hull. Cholette was the Liberal Party"s municipal affairs critic and had heavily criticized the party"s municipal reorganization project, known as Bill 170.
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.
