Eric Girard (Groulx MNA)

For the MNA for Lac-Saint Jean, see Éric Girard (Lac-Saint-Jean MNA).

Eric Girard
MNA
Eric Girard in 2024
Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 18, 2018
Preceded byCarlos Leitão
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Groulx
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byClaude Surprenant
Minister responsible for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 20, 2022
Preceded byFrançois Legault
Minister of Economy and Innovation
In office
June 2, 2021 – September 1, 2021
Preceded byPierre Fitzgibbon
Succeeded byPierre Fitzgibbon
Personal details
Born (1966-10-09) October 9, 1966 (age 58)
Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Political party
OccupationBanker

Eric Girard MNA 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

2015 Canadian federal election
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

2022 Quebec general election: Groulx
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 – –
2018 Quebec general election: Groulx
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)
Predecessor Office Successor
Carlos Leitão Minister of Finance
October 18, 2018–present 		Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Quebec election: Groulx results". Global News, October 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cornacchia, Cheryl (October 7, 2015). "Lac-Saint-Louis: Longtime Liberal stronghold challenged by NDP". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lac-Saint-Louis, 30 September 2015
  4. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine


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