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♂ Sylvain Simard
aliasSylvain Simard
Record
56836 · 2291

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 1 6
Birth 26 April 1945
Age 79 years
First mandate 12 September 1994 → 29 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 11 years + 7 months ago (3 September 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Sylvain Simard (1945– )
© Photo National Assembly, Québec — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Christian Simard (1954–) Brother  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 17 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Albert Khelfa  m 
⊖ France Tremblay  f 
 		 ⊕ Guy Rivard  m 
 
Eligible: 38,064 Votes: 28,795 Participation: 75.65% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
34		 Québec
25 September 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 2149(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
PQ
 2/10 12,988 46.50% -133 Winner:
QLP
 13,121 46.97% Guy Rivard
Eligible: 38,688 Votes: 32,200 Participation: 83.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Québec
12 September 1994
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 1893(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PQ
 1/3 17,186 55.09% +4,745 Loser:
QLP
 12,441 39.88% Albert Khelfa

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,762 Votes: 32,202 Participation: 80.99% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Québec
30 November 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Majority
ID: 454(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PQ
 1/5 17,745 56.31% +9,027 Loser:
QLP
 8,718 27.66% Gilles Ferlatte

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,961 Votes: 29,043 Participation: 72.68% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
37		 Québec
14 April 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 329(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PQ
 1/7 13,286 46.52% +2,359 Loser:
QLP
 10,927 38.26% Benoît Lefebvre

Service: 3 years 11 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,468 Votes: 30,397 Participation: 75.11% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Québec
26 March 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Minority
ID: 94(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PQ
 1/6 11,411 38.03% +1,998 Loser:
ADQ
 9,413 31.37% Philippe Rochat

Service: 1 year 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,842 Votes: 25,221 Participation: 61.75% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
39		 Québec
8 December 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 6089(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PQ
 1/5 11,591 46.99% +3,039 Loser:
QLP
 8,552 34.67% Christian Cournoyer

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,088 Votes: 34,253 Participation: 77.69% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 7022(F) — 11 Apr 2022 19:41 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PQ
 14,474 43.05% Élaine Zakaïb

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
Sylvain Simard		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sylvain Simard		 26 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sylvain Simard		 26 Apr 2024

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