Mario Simard
Canadian politician
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Mario Simard MP is a Canadian political science lecturer, press secretary and politician.[1] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election from Jonquière in Quebec as a member of the Bloc Québécois.[2] He defeated the incumbent NDP MP Karine Trudel.
Preceded byKarine Trudel
Mario Simard | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Jonquière | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Karine Trudel |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Bloc Québécois |
Political career
He served as the critic of intergovernmental affairs, natural resources and energy in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada.[3]
He was elected the vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Jonquière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Simard | 20,247 | 39.99 | -3.12 | ||||
| Conservative | Fanny Boulanger | 15,314 | 30.25 | +1.94 | ||||
| Liberal | William Van Tassel | 13,172 | 26.02 | +5.22 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lise Garon | 932 | 1.84 | -3.53 | ||||
| People's | Patrick Gaudreault | 516 | 1.02 | N/A | ||||
| Green | Marie-Josée Yelle | 448 | 0.88 | -0.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,629 | 98.41 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 817 | 1.59 | -0.95 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,446 | 67.98 | +4.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,676 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | -2.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Jonquière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Simard | 19,036 | 41.9 | +6.3 | $21,445.47 | |||
| Conservative | Louise Gravel | 13,223 | 29.1 | +8.2 | $28,273.75 | |||
| Liberal | Stéphane Bégin | 9,546 | 21.0 | +5.1 | $15,443.09 | |||
| New Democratic | Marieve Ruel | 2,559 | 5.6 | -19.0 | $1,358.35 | |||
| Green | Marie-Josée Yelle | 738 | 1.6 | -0.4 | $0.00 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Line Bélanger | 372 | 0.8 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,474 | 97.5 | – | $127,988.39 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,188 | 2.5 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,662 | 63.2 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 73,830 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -1.9 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Jonquière | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Simard | 17,577 | 35.6 | +12.31 | $11,695.16 | |||
| New Democratic | Karine Trudel | 12,141 | 24.6 | -4.59 | $58,005.08 | |||
| Conservative | Philippe Gagnon | 10,338 | 20.9 | +4.01 | $52,967.51 | |||
| Liberal | Vincent Garneau | 7,849 | 15.9 | -12.58 | $42,992.12 | |||
| Green | Lyne Bourdages | 1,009 | 2.0 | +0.64 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Sylvie Théodore | 453 | 0.9 | $1,360.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,367 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 999 | |||||||
| Turnout | 50,366 | 69.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 72,713 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +8.45 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
