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 Groulx as a member of the

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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. Girard was recruited as a star candidate to run for the

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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. In 2018, he was elected as the

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MNA in the suburban Montreal riding of Groulx.

Electoral record

Federal

Lac-Saint-Louis

Provincial

Cabinet posts

References

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