Clément Gignac

The Honourable
Clément Gignac
The Honourable Clément Gignac
Canadian Senator; from Kennebec
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; July 29, 2021
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Preceded by	Serge Joyal (2020)
Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Quebec
	In office; June 23, 2009 – September 6, 2011
Premier	Jean Charest
Preceded by	Raymond Bachand
Succeeded by	Sam Hamad
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Marguerite-Bourgeoys
	In office; June 22, 2009 – September 4, 2012
Preceded by	Monique Jérôme-Forget
Succeeded by	Robert Poëti
Personal details
Born	May 7, 1955 (age 69); Saint-Gilbert, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Progressive Senate Group
Other political; affiliations	Quebec Liberal
Spouse	Jocelyne Duval
Profession	Politician

Clément Gignac (born May 7, 1955) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2009 to 2012. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was elected in a by-election on June 22, 2009, following the resignation of Monique Jérôme-Forget.^[1]

On the following day, Gignac was named by Jean Charest as the new Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade — a role which was previously held by Raymond Bachand, who was also the Finance Minister.^[2]

Prior to his election to the assembly, Gignac was (for a brief period of time) a senior advisor to the deputy minister of Finance in Ottawa.

Prior to this appointment, Gignac was senior vice-president, chief economist and strategist of National Bank Financial and in this role has ranked constantly over the last decade amongst the top strategists and economists in the country.

On July 29, 2021, the Governor General Mary Simon, under recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, appointed Gignac as a Québec member of the Senate of Canada.

Biographical Notes

Gignac holds both a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in economics from Université Laval. Before entering politics, Gignac served as special advisor to the federal deputy minister of finance in 2009. In this position, he represented Canada on a G20 task force.^{[citation needed]} During the previous 20 years, Gignac acted as economic consultant and strategist for several prominent financial institutions, notably National Bank Financial, as Vice-President and Chief Economist from 2000 to 2008. For five consecutive years, his group ranked among the top three Canadian economist teams in the annual Brendan Wood International survey of some 100 institutional clients.^{[citation needed]}

As minister of Economic Development, he introduced the government's strategy in research and innovation and participated in the creation of its strategy on entrepreneurship.

Since December 2012, Clément Gignac has held the position of Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist at Industrial Alliance. As well as serving as spokesman on economic matters, he chairs the asset allocation committee and manages diversified funds with assets exceeding $3 billion.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, he was asked by the prestigious World Economic Forum to sit as chair on the Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness, and in May 2015, he received the Gloire de l'Escolle medal for exceptional merit from Université Laval.

On July 29, 2021 it was announced that Clément Gignac was appointed to the Canadian senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to sit as an independent senator.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e Quebec provincial by-election, June 22, 2009: Marguerite-Bourgeoys
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clément Gignac	7,753	72.41	+6.22
	Parti Québécois	Christine Normandin	1,835	17.14	-4.56
	Action démocratique	Diane Charbonneau	384	3.59	-5.08
	Green	Julien Leclerc	290	2.71	–
	Québec solidaire	Valérie Black St-Laurent	265	2.48	-0.96
	Independent	Sylvie R. Tremblay	73	0.68	–
	Parti indépendantiste	Érik Poulin	66	0.62	–
	Independent	Régent Millette	41	0.38	–
Total valid votes			10,707	99.19	–
Total rejected ballots			87	0.81	–
Turnout			10,794	23.22	-24.87
Electors on the lists			46,478	–	–

References

^ "Charest's Quebec Liberals easily win byelection" Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CTV News, June 22, 2009.
^ (in French) Remaniement ministériel : jeu de chaise musicale à Québec^[usurped]. LCN, June 23, 2009.
^ Bailey, Ian (July 29, 2021). "Politics Briefing: Former MMIWG commissioner Michèle Audette among five new Senate appointees". The Globe And Mail. Globe & Mail. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

External links

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Clément Gignac – Parliament of Canada biography

Political offices
Preceded by Raymond Bachand	Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Exports June 23, 2009–September 6, 2011	Succeeded by Sam Hamad

[1] "Charest's Quebec Liberals easily win byelection" Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CTV News, June 22, 2009.

[2] (in French) Remaniement ministériel : jeu de chaise musicale à Québec^[usurped]. LCN, June 23, 2009.

[3] Bailey, Ian (July 29, 2021). "Politics Briefing: Former MMIWG commissioner Michèle Audette among five new Senate appointees". The Globe And Mail. Globe & Mail. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

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v t e Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: Pierrette Ringuette
AB	■ Fridhandler ■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas ■ K. Wells
BC	■ Busson ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Woo 2 vacancies
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler ■ Plett
NB	■ Boudreau ■ Cormier ■ Hartling ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Richards ■ Ringuette ■ Ross
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ D. Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Cordy ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Greene ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boniface ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ McBean ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Omidvar ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff 1 vacancy
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson 1 vacancy
QC	■ Audette ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dagenais ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ Gold ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Massicotte ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Moreau ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Saint-Germain ■Seidman ■ Smith ■ Verner ■ Youance 1 vacancy
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Cotter ■ Klyne ■ Muggli ■ Wallin
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU 1 vacancy YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (41) ■ Canadian Senators Group (18) ■ Progressive Senate Group (13) ■ Conservative (12) ■ Non-affiliated (16) vacant (5)

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