Montcalm Simard
Canadian politician (1921-2011)
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Montcalm Simard (October 4, 1921 – January 25, 2011) was a Canadian politician in the Province of Quebec.[1]
Montcalm Simard | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata | |
| In office 1966–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Antoine Raymond |
| Succeeded by | District was abolished in 1972 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 4, 1921 Rivière-Bleue, Quebec |
| Died | January 25, 2011 (aged 89) Rivière-Bleue, Quebec |
| Party | Union Nationale |
| Relations | Jean-Maurice Simard, brother |
Background
Born in Rivière-Bleue, Quebec in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region near Maine and New Brunswick, he was the brother of politician Jean-Maurice Simard, who was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of the province of New Brunswick and Cabinet Minister from 1970 to 1985 and a member of the Senate of Canada from 1985 to 2001.
Mayor
Simard served as Mayor of Rivière-Bleue from 1957 to 1960 and from 1964 to 1975.
Member of the Provincial Legislature
He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1966 election in the district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the 1970 election, but he did not run for re-election in the 1973 election.
