Gilles Baril (born 24 March 1957) is a Canadian businessman, journalist and former politician in Quebec, Canada.
He defeated incumbent Camil Samson in 1981 and became the Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly for the district of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue at the age of 24.
[2] From 1990 to 1994, Baril was Director of Pavillon du Nouveau Point de vue, an addiction intervention center.
In 2002 though, he resigned and left politics, after allegations of corruption were made against him and lobbying firm Oxygène 9.
After Hydro Québec International, Baril is a vice president in Quebec engineering and construction company DESSAU.