Réal Ménard

Réal Ménard
Borough Mayor of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Montreal City Councillor
In office
January 1, 2010  November 16, 2017
Preceded byLyn Thériault
Succeeded byPierre Lessard-Blais
Member of Parliament
for Hochelaga
(Hochelaga—Maisonneuve; 1993–2004)
In office
October 25, 1993  September 16, 2009
Preceded byAllan Koury
Succeeded byDaniel Paillé
Personal details
Born (1962-05-13) May 13, 1962
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyBloc Québécois
Coalition Montréal
Vision Montréal (formerly)
ResidenceMontreal
ProfessionPolitical scientist

Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian member of Parliament to come out as gay.

Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A. degrees and also holds his law degree from the University of Ottawa.