René Émard (1 September 1914 – 7 June 1984) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Châteauguay, Quebec and worked as a unionist. He served during the Second World War in the Régiment de Maisonneuve and the Régiment de la Chaudière. He was a member of the Canadian occupation force in the Netherlands.

He was first elected in the riding of Vaudreuil—Soulanges in the 1963 general election and re-elected there in 1965. In the 1968 election, he was elected to a third term in the district of Vaudreuil. Émard retired from Parliament in 1972. He served as mayor of L'Île-Perrot, Quebec from 1977 to 1981.

Electoral record

1968 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal René Émard 29,830
Progressive Conservative Harold G. Fairhead 7,654
New Democratic Maurice Daviau 2,905
1963 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal René Émard 8,639 49.75 +3.72
Progressive Conservative J.-Marcel Bourbonnais 6,031 34.73 -12.81
Social Credit Marcel Lessard 2,340 13.48 +7.05
Independent Gérard Raymond 354 2.04
Total valid votes 17,364 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative J.-Marcel Bourbonnais 8,392 47.54 -5.33
Liberal Pierre Léger 8,126 46.03 -1.09
Social Credit Gabriel Godin 1,135 6.43
Total valid votes 17,653 100.00


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