Eric Girard is a
Canadian
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politician who was elected to the
National Assembly of Quebec
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in the
2018 provincial election.
"Quebec election: Groulx results"
Global News
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, October 1, 2018. He represents the electoral district of Groulx as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec
The Coalition Avenir Québec (, , CAQ) is a Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist, Autonomism in Quebec, autonomist and conservatism, conservative and has served as the Minister of Finance
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since 2018.
He worked as a senior manager with the National Bank of Canada
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for over 20 years.
Girard was recruited as a star candidate to run for the Conservative Party of Canada
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in the Montreal riding of Lac-Saint-Louis for the 2015 federal election. He finished a distant second to Liberal incumbent Francis Scarpaleggia
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.
In 2018, he was elected as the Coalition Avenir Québec
The Coalition Avenir Québec (, , CAQ) is a Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist, Autonomism in Quebec, autonomist and conservatism, conservative MNA in the suburban Montreal riding of Groulx.
Electoral record
Federal
Lac-Saint-Louis
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
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