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Mario Simard MP is a Canadian political science lecturer, press secretary and politician.[2] 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.[3] He defeated the incumbent NDP MP Karine Trudel.
Mario Simard | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Jonquière | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Karine Trudel |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence(s) | Jonquière, Quebec[1] |
Political career
editSince 2021 he has served as the critic of intergovernmental affairs, natural resources and energy in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[4]
Electoral record
edit| 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[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Jonquière | ||||||||
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| 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[6][7] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "C'est officiel : Mario Simard se présentera pour le Bloc Québécois dans Jonquière". Radio Canada (in French). July 13, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Canada election results: Jonquière". Globalnews. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Jonquière". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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