Eric Girard (Groulx MNA)
The Honourable Eric Girard | |
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Minister of Finance | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 18, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Leitão |
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Groulx | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Claude Surprenant |
Minister responsible for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 20, 2022 | |
Preceded by | François Legault |
Minister of Economy and Innovation | |
In office June 2, 2021 – September 1, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Fitzgibbon |
Succeeded by | Pierre Fitzgibbon |
Personal details | |
Born | (1966-10-09) October 9, 1966 (age 57) Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada |
Political 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
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 39,965 | 64.14 | +30.03 | $119,096.00 | |||
Conservative | Eric Girard | 10,857 | 17.42 | -11.02 | $74,550.48 | |||
New Democratic | Ryan Young | 7,997 | 12.83 | -17.23 | $30,673.16 | |||
Green | Bradford Dean | 1,812 | 2.91 | -1.36 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Bernier | 1,681 | 2.7 | -0.42 | $4,317.92 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,312 | 100.0 | $224,522.81 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 321 | 0.51 | -0.02 | |||||
Turnout | 62,633 | 73.06 | +6.93 | |||||
Eligible voters | 85,727 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +23.63 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4] |
Provincial
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Eric Girard | 17,431 | 47.75% | +7.14% | ||||
Québec solidaire | Marie-Noëlle Aubertin | 5,919 | 16.21% | -1.02% | ||||
Parti Québécois | Jeanne Craig-Larouche | 5,588 | 15.31% | -0.49% | ||||
Liberal | Audrey Medaino-Tardif | 4,024 | 11.02% | -9.24% | ||||
Conservative | Valerie Messore | 3,177 | 8.70% | +7.69% | ||||
Green | Victoria Shahsavar-Arshad | 368 | 1.01% | -1.20% | ||||
Total valid votes | 36,507 | – | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Electors on the lists | – | – |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Eric Girard | 14,771 | 40.61 | +9.76 | ||||
Liberal | Sabrina Chartrand | 7,369 | 20.26 | -9.98 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Fabien Torres | 6,268 | 17.23 | +10.44 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Jean-Philippe Meloche | 5,745 | 15.8 | -14.2 | ||||
Independent | Claude Surprenant | 812 | 2.23 | |||||
Green | Robin Dick | 802 | 2.21 | |||||
Conservative | Vincent Aubé | 368 | 1.01 | |||||
Citoyens au pouvoir | Chantal Lavoie | 235 | 0.65 | |||||
Total valid votes | 36,370 | 98.37 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 604 | 1.63 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,974 | 70.25 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 52,633 | |||||||
Coalition Avenir Québec hold | Swing | +9.87 | ||||||
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |
Cabinet posts
Quebec provincial government of François Legault | ||
Cabinet post (1) | ||
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Predecessor | Office | Successor |
Carlos Leitão | Minister of Finance October 18, 2018–present | Incumbent |
References
- ^ "Quebec election: Groulx results". Global News, October 1, 2018.
- ^ a b Cornacchia, Cheryl (7 October 2015). "Lac-Saint-Louis: Longtime Liberal stronghold challenged by NDP". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lac-Saint-Louis, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
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