Eric Girard (Groulx MNA) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Eric Girard
Honorific-Suffix:MNA
Office:Minister of Finance
Premier:François Legault
Term Start:October 18, 2018
Predecessor:Carlos Leitão
Office2:Minister responsible for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers
Term Start2:October 20, 2022
Predecessor2:François Legault
Term Start3:June 2, 2021
Term End3:September 1, 2021
Successor3:Pierre Fitzgibbon
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Groulx
Term Start1:October 1, 2018
Birth Date:9 October 1966
Birth Place:Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Party:Coalition Avenir Québec (provincial)
Conservative (federal)
Occupation:Banker

Eric Girard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Groulx as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec and has served as the Minister of Finance since 2018.

He worked as a senior manager with the National Bank of Canada for over 20 years.[2]

Girard was recruited as a star candidate to run for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Montreal riding of Lac-Saint-Louis for the 2015 federal election.[2] He finished a distant second to Liberal incumbent Francis Scarpaleggia.

In 2018, he was elected as the Coalition Avenir Québec MNA in the suburban Montreal riding of Groulx.

Electoral record

Federal

Lac-Saint-Louis

Provincial

Notes and References

  1. https://globalnews.ca/news/4456882/quebec-election-groulx-results/ "Quebec election: Groulx results"
  2. News: Cornacchia . Cheryl . Lac-Saint-Louis: Longtime Liberal stronghold challenged by NDP . 4 October 2018 . Montreal Gazette . Postmedia . 7 October 2015.