Yvon Pinard

Yvon Pinard, PC (born October 10, 1940) is a judge and former Canadian politician.

He then attended the Nicolet Seminary, winning the Lieutenant Governor Onésime Gagnon Medal for Academic Merit, and the Université de Sherbrooke, winning the Lieutenant Governor Paul Comtois Medal for Academic and Social Merit.

He founded the Drummond Caisse d'Entraide Economique, involving himself with that organization as well as politics and hockey.

He was Government House Leader and President of the Privy Council in the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1980 until June 1984 when he left politics to accept an appointment to the bench.

He married Renée Chaput in Richmond, Quebec in 1964 and has two daughters, Hélène and Andrée.