Eric_Girard_(Groulx_MNA)

The Honourable
Eric Girard
MNA
The Honourable Eric Girard MNA
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	October 9, 1966 (age 57); Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec (provincial); Conservative (federal)
Occupation	Banker

Eric Girard (Groulx MNA)

Canadian politician

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.

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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.

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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]

v t e 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				–	–

v t e 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 post (1)
Quebec provincial government of François Legault
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Carlos Leitão	Minister of Finance October 18, 2018–present	Incumbent

Eric Girard (Groulx MNA)

The Honourable Eric Girard MNA

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