Pierre Gingras

Pierre Gingras (born April 21, 1952) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Blainville from 2007 to 2008.

Pierre Gingras
MNA for Blainville
In office
April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded byRichard Legendre
Succeeded byDaniel Ratthé
Mayor of Blainville, Quebec
In office
1993–2005
Preceded byOnil Charron
Succeeded byFrançois Cantin
Personal details
BornApril 21, 1952
Saint-Sauveur-d'Almaville, Quebec
Political partyAction democratique du Quebec
Spouse(s)Christiane Lefebvre

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 Laurentides 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. Parti Québécois incumbent Richard Legendre finished second with 33% of the vote. On March 29, 2007, Gingras was appointed Chairman of the Official Opposition Caucus.[1][2]

Federal politics

He campaigned on behalf of local Conservative candidate Claude Carignan during the federal election of 2008.[3] Carignan finished a distant second against Bloc Québécois candidate Luc Desnoyers in the district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.

Footnotes
  1. Dumont désigne ses lieutenants, Radio-Canada, March 29, 2007
  2. Dumont présente les membres de son équipe, Cyberpresse, March 29, 2007
  3. L’ADQ monte au front pour aider les conservateurs, Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse, September 11, 2008
gollark: *they say, on social media*
gollark: In this case, basically "undermine security and provide data to the government".
gollark: And it's more significant than that; encrypted stuff is basically, well, half the reason the modern internet works, and backdooring it is impractical *and* bad.
gollark: It was rushed through because of "increased risk of terrorist attacks around Christmas" or something.
gollark: Alternatively they'll just not be based in Australia and hope that nobody notices the lack of backdoors in them.
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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