| Jean-Élie Gingras | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | M.L.C. |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec |
| Term Start: | November 2, 1867 |
| Term End: | December 10, 1887 |
| Constituency: | The Laurentides |
| Successor: | Guillaume Bresse |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada |
| Term Start2: | September 19, 1864 |
| Term End2: | July 1, 1867 |
| Constituency2: | Stadacona |
| Office3: | Councillor, Municipal Council of Quebec |
| Term Start3: | 1850 |
| Term End3: | 1851 |
| Birth Date: | 15 June 1804 |
| Birth Place: | Quebec City, Lower Canada |
| Death Place: | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Party: | Conservative party of Quebec |
| Spouse: | (1) Reine Labbé (1826) (2) Caroline Lacroix (1856) (3) Marie-Rébecca Godbout (1887) |
| Profession: | Navigator and ship-builder |
Jean-Élie Gingras (June 5, 1804 – April 13, 1891) was a navigator, ship-builder, and politician in Quebec, Canada.[1]
Born in 1804 in Quebec City, Gingras became a navigator, and then eventually moved into ship-building. He became a member of Trinity House, Quebec.[1] [2]
Gingras served two terms on the municipal council of Quebec, in 1850 and 1851. In 1864 he was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, for the division of Stadacona. He held that seat until Confederation in 1867, when he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for the division of the Laurentides, as a supporter of the Conservative Party of Quebec. He held the seat until 1887, when he resigned.[1]
Gingras was married three times: to Reine Labbé in 1826; Caroline Lacroix in 1856; and to Marie-Rébecca Godbout in 1887. He died in 1891 at Quebec.[1]