Fernand Girard (19 February 1924 – 2 July 2004) was an

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member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Cyriac, Quebec and became a journalist, including editor of ''Le Réveil de Jonquière''. He was first elected to Parliament at the Lapointe riding in the 1953 general election. After serving his only term, the

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, Girard was defeated by Augustin Brassard of the

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. After this, Girard moved to provincial politics where he became general secretary and cabinet chief of Quebec's Union Nationale party, serving under Premier

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After his retirement, he became vice-president of Société québécoise d’initiative pétrolière (SOQUIP). In 1954, with Gaston D'Auteuil, Girard wrote the book ''Artisans d'un beau Royaume'', a historic review of the Sageunay-Lac-Saint-Jean area. Girard died at Jonquière on 2 July 2004, aged 80.

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* 1924 births 2004 deaths Canadian newspaper editors Canadian male journalists Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Historians from Quebec {{Quebec-MP-stub