Jean-Élie Gingras (June 5, 1804 – April 13, 1891) was a navigator, ship-builder, and politician in Quebec, Canada.
[1] Born in 1804 in Quebec City, Gingras became a navigator, and then eventually moved into ship-building.
[1][2] Gingras served two terms on the municipal council of Quebec, in 1850 and 1851.
In 1864 he was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, for the division of Stadacona.
[1] Gingras was married three times: to Reine Labbé in 1826; Caroline Lacroix in 1856; and to Marie-Rébecca Godbout in 1887.