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