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Amanda Simard
MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byGrant Crack
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Francophone Affairs
In office
June 29, 2018 – November 29, 2018
Succeeded byGila Martow
Russell Township Councillor
In office
December 1, 2014 – June 7, 2018
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative (until 2018)
Independent (2018–2020)
ResidenceEmbrun, Ontario
OccupationPolitician, Political staffer

Amanda Simard is a Canadian politician currently representing the riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Simard was elected in the 2018 provincial election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario,[1] but left the PC caucus on November 29, 2018 after Ontario premier Doug Ford eliminated the province's French-language services commissioner and cancelled plans for a new French language university.[2] On January 16, 2020, Simard joined the Ontario Liberal Party.[3]

She is president of the International Network of Young Parliamentarians.[4][failed verification]

Early life

Simard grew up in Embrun, Ontario, in her riding, where she lives along with her family, who have been there for centuries. She worked throughout her high school, college, and university years, and worked full-time while simultaneously attending law school full-time. She held down two jobs in high school and paid her own way through law school, graduating from the University of Ottawa in 2013.

Shortly after graduation, she was elected as a municipal councillor in the Township of Russell.[5] During her time on council, she was the Chair of the Public Library Board, the Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee and the Recreation Complex ad-hoc Committee.

Simard is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. She worked[vague] at the Parliament of Canada from 2009 to 2017. After graduating from law school, she ran for public office, postponing plans to get called to the bar in Ontario.[6][7] Before her election to the legislature, Simard served as municipal councillor for Russell from 2014 to 2018.

Simard is fluently bilingual in both French and English.[8]

Legislative career

She served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Francophone Affairs. Simard left the Ontario PC Party on November 29, 2018, to sit as an independent when Premier Doug Ford eliminated the province's French-language services commissioner and cancelled plans for a French-language university.[2] At the time, she was praised for defence of her fellow Franco-Ontarians including by a unanimous resolution of the National Assembly of Quebec.[9]When the government announced that they would be establish a new commissioner position within the office of the Ontario Ombudsman, establish a Ministry of Francophone Affairs and hire a senior policy adviser on francophone affairs in the premier’s office Simard responded that she found the decisions to be a form of "partial backtracking".[10]

On January 16, 2020, Simard joined the Ontario Liberal Party.[11] On May 8, 2020, she was named the Ontario Liberal Party Critic for Francophone Affairs, Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, and Small Business and Red Tape Reduction. [12]

Election results

2014 Councillors Candidate Vote %
Amanda Simard[13] 2763
Jamie Laurin 2124
Pierre Leroux 2074
André D. Brisson 1923
Cindy Saucier 1411
Patrick Thibodeau 1246
Raymond Saint-Pierre 1205
Ron Barr 1184
Duane Fitzpatrick 858


2018 Ontario general election: Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Amanda Simard 19,952 40.98 +8.41
Liberal Pierre Leroux 15,409 31.65 -18.03
New Democratic Bonnie Jean-Louis 10,610 21.79 +9.29
Green Daniel Bruce Reid 1,427 2.93 -0.28
Ontario Party Joël Charbonneau 755 1.55
Libertarian Darcy Neal Donnelly 537 1.10
Total valid votes 48,690 98.68
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 651 1.32
Turnout 49,341 55.42
Eligible voters 89,035
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +13.22
Source: Elections Ontario[14]

References

  1. ^ "PC Amanda Simard elected in Glengarry–Prescott–Russell". CBC News. June 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "MPP Amanda Simard leaving PCs, will sit as an independent". CBC News. November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Ferguson, Rob; Benzie, Robert (January 16, 2020). "Amanda Simard joins Liberals a year after quitting Doug Ford's Tories over French-language cuts". Toronto Star.
  4. ^ http://apf.francophonie.org/
  5. ^ Egan, Kelly (March 4, 2019). "Egan: MPP Amanda Simard parked Ford, now starts bumpy ride as independent". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  6. ^ https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/news/lindsey-park-jd-2013-amanda-simard-jd-2013-and-effie-triantafilopoulos-llb-1976-appointed
  7. ^ https://lso.ca/public-resources/finding-a-lawyer-or-paralegal/directory-search/results?q=amanda%20simard
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Lévesque, Catherine (November 30, 2018). "L'Assemblée nationale démontre sa solidarité envers Amanda Simard et les Franco-Ontariens". HuffPost Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "Former PM Brian Mulroney apologizes for referring to Ontario MPP as a 'little girl'". Global News. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  11. ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/6421229/former-ontario-pc-mpp-to-join-liberals/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ https://ontarioliberal.ca/del-duca-appoints-new-critics//. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ 2014 Municipal Election Ontario Votes Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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