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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. 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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Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

Cabinet posts

References

1966 births Living people Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs Finance ministers of Quebec Members of the Executive Council of Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians People from Laurentides People from Sept-Îles, Quebec Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons {{Quebec-MNA-stub