Jean-François Simard (born December 10, 1966) is a teacher, Quebec provincial politician, and Cabinet Minister.[1] He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Montmorency from 1998 to 2003, representing the Parti Québécois. He served as a delegate minister in the Cabinet of Quebec Premier Bernard Landry for over a year.[2][3]

Jean-François Simard
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byRaymond Bernier
In office
November 30, 1998 – April 14, 2003
Preceded byJean Filion
Succeeded byRaymond Bernier
Personal details
Born (1966-12-10) December 10, 1966 (age 57)
Political partyCoalition Avenir Québec
Other political
affiliations
Parti Québécois (former)

Liberal Party of Canada (former)

Bloc Québécois

Simard holds several degrees, including a doctorate in sociology from the Université Laval, a master's degree in regional development from the Université du Québec à Rimouski, a bachelor's degree in communications and sociophysiology from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a diploma in European federalism in Italy.[citation needed]

In the late 1980s, Simard was the vice-president of the Canadian liberal youth-wing but resigned following the failure of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990. He then joined the Bloc Québécois and later the Parti Québécois, where he was a political adviser for former Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau during the 1995 Quebec referendum campaign. In the 1998 election, he was elected as MNA for Montmorency, serving until 2001 as the Parliamentary Assistant to the State Minister of Education and Youth, François Legault. In 2002 until the end of the PQ mandate, he was named the Delegate Minister for Environment and Water. When the PQ lost the 2003 elections to the Quebec Liberal Party and Jean Charest, Simard was defeated by Liberal Candidate Raymond Bernier.[citation needed]

After the 2003 elections, Simard worked as a lecturer at Université Laval in the faculty of industrial relations. Since 2004, he has been a teacher at the faculty of social sciences and social work at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, where he also serves as an administration staff member since 2006.[citation needed]

Electoral record

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2022 Quebec general election: Montmorency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean-François Simard 19,124 45.18 -5.69
Conservative Mylene Bouchard 11,031 26.06 +22.27
Québec solidaire Annie-Pierre Bélanger 5,100 12.05 -1.09
Parti Québécois Cynthia Therrien 4,773 11.28 +0.67
Liberal Mustapha Berri 1,969 4.65 -13.95
Green Nicholas Lescarbeau 274 0.65 -0.75
Marxist–Leninist Jean Bédard 55 0.13 -0.04
Total valid votes 42,326 98.85
Total rejected ballots 494 1.15
Turnout 42,820 73.94
Electors on the lists 57,913
2018 Quebec general election: Montmorency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean-François Simard 20,233 50.87 +17.04
Liberal Marie France Trudel 7,397 18.6 -21.82
Québec solidaire Marie-Christine Lamontagne 5,225 13.14 +8.46
Parti Québécois Alexandre Huot 4,221 10.61 -6.5
Conservative Daniel Beaulieu 1,507 3.79 +1.39
Independent Jean-François Simard 561 1.41
Green Nicholas Lescarbeau 558 1.4 +0.44
Marxist–Leninist Jean Bédard 69 0.17
Total valid votes 39,771 98.02
Total rejected ballots 802 1.98
Turnout 40,573 70.96
Eligible voters 57,179
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +19.43
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
1998 Quebec general election: Montmorency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Jean-François Simard 19,946 45.16
Liberal Jacques Langlois 14,818 33.55
Action démocratique Yves Leclerc 7,154 16.20
Independent Jean Filion 1,774 4.02
  Socialist Democracy Linda Fick 267 0.60
Marxist–Leninist Jean Bédard 204 0.46
Total valid votes 44,163 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 481
Turnout 44,644 80.73
Electors on the lists 55,300
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec

References

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  1. ^ "Jean-François Simard - National Assembly of Québec". m.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  2. ^ "Jean-François Simard". Presse de l'Université Laval. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  3. ^ "Jean-François Simard". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
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