Christian Simard (born December 22, 1954, in

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(now

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)) is a

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politician. He is the brother of MNA

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. A director general, political adviser and project coordinator, Simard was first elected to the

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in the 2004 federal election. As the

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candidate in the riding of Beauport, in

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, he defeated the Liberal candidate

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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

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in the riding of

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by less than 1000 votes. He ran unsuccessfully as the

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candidate in

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in the 2007 Quebec election.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simard, Christian 1954 births Living people Bloc Québécois MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Saguenay, Quebec 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada