Denis Herard

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1944–2023)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name =Denis Herard

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|3|28}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|9|6|1944|3|28}}

| death_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

| residence = Calgary, Alberta

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency =Calgary-Egmont

| term_start = 1993

| term_end = 2008

| predecessor =David J. Carter

| successor =Jonathan Denis

| party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

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Denis Herard {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} (March 28, 1944 – September 6, 2023) was a Canadian politician from Alberta who served as a Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLA for Calgary-Egmont. He was French-Canadian, with fore-fathers coming majorly from Quebec.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGqJAAAAMAAJ&q=%22HERARD,+Denis%22++1944|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1994|isbn = 9780921925545}}

Herard was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1993 Alberta general election. He served four terms as a back bench MLA for the Progressive Conservatives. On April 6, 2006, Herard was sworn into the Executive Council of Alberta as the Minister of Advanced Education after Lyle Oberg was asked to leave caucus.

In late 2007, Herard announced he would not seek re-election in the next provincial election. He died on September 6, 2023, at the age of 79.{{cite news |title=Denis Herard |url=https://calgaryherald.remembering.ca/obituary/denis-herard-1088816628/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |publisher=Calgary Herald |date=15 September 2023}}