Marc-Amable Girard

The Honourable
Marc-Amable Girard
The Honourable Marc-Amable Girard
2nd Premier of Manitoba
	In office; December 14, 1871 – March 14, 1872
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Adams George Archibald
Preceded by	Alfred Boyd
Succeeded by	Henry Joseph Clarke
	In office; July 8, 1874 – December 2, 1874
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Alexander Morris
Preceded by	Henry Joseph Clarke
Succeeded by	Robert Atkinson Davis
Preceded by	In office; December 27, 1870 – December 23, 1874
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface East
	In office; December 27, 1870 – December 23, 1874
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	District merged
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface
	In office; December 23, 1874 – December 18, 1878
Preceded by	District merged
Succeeded by	Alphonse LaRiviere
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Baie St. Paul
	In office; December 16, 1879 – January 23, 1883
Preceded by	Felix Chenier
Succeeded by	Edward Fairbanks
Canadian Senator; from Manitoba
	In office; December 13, 1871 – September 12, 1892
Appointed by	John A. Macdonald
Personal details
Born	April 25, 1822; Varennes, Lower Canada
Died	September 12, 1892 (aged 70); Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Marie-Aurélie de La Mothe (m. 1878)
Children	2
Alma mater	Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe
Occupation	Lawyer; politician; notary;
Cabinet	Provincial Treasurer (1870–1872); Provincial Secretary (1874 & 1879–1881); Minister of Agriculture (1881–1883)

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Marc-Amable Girard (April 25, 1822 – September 12, 1892) was the second premier of Manitoba, and the first Franco-Manitoban to hold that post. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide lists Girard as having been Premier (or Chief Minister) from 1871 to 1872, but he did not have this title at the time and was not the government leader. In 1874, however, Girard led Manitoba's first ministry to be constituted on principles of "responsible government". In this sense, he may be regarded as the first Premier of Manitoba.