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René Émard

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René Émard
Member of Parliament
for Vaudreuil—Soulanges
In office
April 1963 – June 1968
Member of Parliament
for Vaudreuil
In office
June 1968 – September 1972
Personal details
Born1 September 1914
Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
Died7 June 1984(1984-06-07) (aged 69)
Political partyLiberal
Professionunionist

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.