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Montcalm Simard

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Montcalm Simard
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata
In office
1966–1973
Preceded byAntoine Raymond
Succeeded byDistrict was abolished in 1972
Personal details
Born(1921-10-04)October 4, 1921
Rivière-Bleue, Quebec
DiedJanuary 25, 2011(2011-01-25) (aged 89)
Rivière-Bleue, Quebec
Political partyUnion Nationale
RelationsJean-Maurice Simard, brother

Montcalm Simard (October 4, 1921 – January 25, 2011) was a Canadian politician in the Province of Quebec.[1]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.