Éric Forest (born April 6, 1952) is a Canadian Senator from Quebec.

He was previously Mayor of Rimouski, Quebec from 2005 to 2016 and had been president of the l'Union des municipalités québécoises from 2011 to 2014.

[1] Forest was first elected to office, at the age of 27, as a councillor in Pointe-au-Père, Quebec, becoming mayor two years later.

He then entered private life becoming the co-owner of a car dealership before returning to politics in 1994 as a city councillor in Rimouski.

[2] He considered running as a Liberal candidate in the 2014 Quebec provincial election, but eventually decided to complete his term as mayor.