Pierre Gingras (born April 21, 1952) is a politician from

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. He was an

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Member of the

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for the electoral district of Blainville from 2007 to 2008.

Background

From 1993 to 2005, Gingras served as mayor of Blainville and was a councillor from 1989 to 1993 and the leader of the Civil action municipal political party for 14 years. He worked at the Commission scolaire des Mille-Îles for nine, and in the printing industry. He belonged to several economic committees in the

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region and was president of the Quebec committee of the Organisation Mondiale de la Famille and president of the North American branch of that organization.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

Gingras was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2007 election with 42% of the vote.

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incumbent Richard Legendre finished second with 33% of the vote. On March 29, 2007, Gingras was appointed Chairman of the

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Caucus.

Federal politics

He campaigned on behalf of local

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candidate Claude Carignan during the federal election of 2008. L’ADQ monte au front pour aider les conservateurs, Joël-Denis Bellavance, ''La Presse'', September 11, 2008
/ref> Carignan finished a distant second against

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candidate Luc Desnoyers in the district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.

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* 1952 births Action démocratique du Québec MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec People from Blainville, Quebec Living people Candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons {{Quebec-mayor-stub