Eric Girard is a

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politician who was elected to the

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in the 2018 provincial election."Quebec election: Groulx results"

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, October 1, 2018. He represents the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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and has served as the

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since 2018. He worked as a senior manager with the

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for over 20 years. Girard was recruited as a

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to run for the

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in the Montreal riding of

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for the 2015 federal election. He finished a distant second to

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incumbent

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. In 2018, he was elected as the

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MNA in the suburban Montreal riding of

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

Cabinet posts

References

1966 births Living people Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs Ministers of finance of Quebec Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Politicians from Laurentides People from Sept-Îles, Quebec Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub