Simon-Pierre Diamond (born February 9, 1985) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville district in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec.
Simon-Pierre Diamond | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Marguerite-D'Youville | |
| In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Moreau |
| Succeeded by | Monique Richard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 9, 1985 Boucherville, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | ADQ (2007-2008) Liberal (2010-present) |
From 2004 to 2007, Diamond, a law student at Université de Montréal and a resident of Boucherville, served as President of the Youth Commission of the ADQ. He supports same-sex marriage, but believes that only the federal government has jurisdiction over that issue.[1]
In the 2007 election at age 22, Diamond became the youngest member ever elected to the Quebec legislature,[2] a record he held until the 2012 election of Léo Bureau-Blouin; the previous recordholders had been André Boisclair and Claude Charron.[3]
Diamond was elected with 37% of the vote, defeating PQ candidate Sébastien Gagnon (31%) and Liberal incumbent Pierre Moreau (27%). He took office on April 12, 2007.[4] On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Environment and Sustaining Development.[5] He lost his seat in the 2008 election along with 33 other ADQ MNAs, coming in third place in his riding with 18.46% of the vote.[6]
On May 31, 2010, it was announced Diamond had switched to the Liberal Party and would be running for them in the July 5 Vachon by-election.[7] He was defeated in that election by Parti Québécois candidate Martine Ouellet.[8]
Diamond was born in Boucherville, Quebec. His father is a federal Liberal.[2]
Electoral record
edit| Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010: Vachon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Martine Ouellet | 7,863 | 59.15 | +10.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Simon-Pierre Diamond | 3,236 | 24.34 | −7.94 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Alain Dépatie | 879 | 6.61 | −7.06 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sébastien Robert | 727 | 5.47 | +3.23 | ||||
| Green | Yvon Rudolphe | 419 | 3.15 | −0.01 | ||||
| Independent | Denis Durand | 98 | 0.74 | −2.42 | ||||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 71 | 0.53 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,293 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 174 | |||||||
| Turnout | 13,467 | 29.25 | −32.23 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 46,046 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parti Québécois | Monique Richard | 14,533 | 39.75 | +8.70 | |
| Liberal | Jean-Robert Grenier | 13,119 | 35.88 | +8.68 | |
| Action démocratique | Simon-Pierre Diamond | 6,750 | 18.46 | -18.61 | |
| Green | Thomas Goyette-Levac | 1,097 | 3.00 | - | |
| Québec solidaire | Hugo Bergeron | 1,064 | 2.91 | -1.76 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action démocratique | Simon-Pierre Diamond | 15,536 | 37.07 | +20.39 | |
| Parti Québécois | Sébastien Gagnon | 13,015 | 31.05 | -8.14 | |
| Liberal | Pierre Moreau | 11,401 | 27.20 | -14.18 | |
| Québec solidaire | Daniel Michelin | 1,958 | 4.67 | +3.31* | |
* Increase is from UFP
External links
edit- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Political rookie makes history in Quebec
Footnotes
edit- ^ Simon-Pierre Diamond : jeune député de 22 ans, "Christiane Charette" , March 28, 2007
- ^ a b "Youngest member of Quebec legislature learns ropes". CBC News. May 29, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ "Députés de 25 ans et moins : date de leur première élection". National Assembly. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007
- ^ Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007
- ^ "PQ's Richard holds slim lead in Marguerite D'Youville". The Gazette. Montreal. December 7, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ "Ex-ADQ MNA runs for Liberals in by-election". CBC News. May 31, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ "PQ holds on to Montreal-area riding in byelection". CTV News. July 6, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2016.