Christian Simard (born December 22, 1954, in Chicoutimi, Quebec (now Saguenay, Quebec)) is a Canadian politician. He is the brother of MNA Sylvain Simard.
A director general, political adviser and project coordinator, Simard was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2004 federal election. As the Bloc Québécois candidate in the riding of Beauport, in Quebec City, he defeated the Liberal candidate Dennis Dawson by over 11,000 votes. Simard was the Bloc's critic to Housing. However, in the 2006 election he was defeated by the Conservative's Sylvie Boucher in the riding of Beauport—Limoilou by less than 1000 votes.
He ran unsuccessfully as the Parti Québécois candidate in Jean-Lesage in the 2007 Quebec election.
Electoral record
edit| 2004 Canadian federal election: Beauport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Simard | 22,989 | 49.65 | $44,941 | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis Dawson | 11,866 | 25.63 | – | $61,325 | |||
| Conservative | Stephan Asselin | 7,388 | 15.96 | $6,974 | ||||
| New Democratic | Xavier Trégan | 1,896 | 4.09 | $621 | ||||
| Green | Jeannine T. Desharnais | 1,577 | 3.41 | $252 | ||||
| Marijuana | Nicolas Frichot | 585 | 1.26 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes | 46,301 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,129 | |||||||
| Turnout | 47,430 | 56.68 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 83,685 | |||||||
| Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. | ||||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||