Mario Simard

Mario Simard MP is a Canadian political science lecturer, press secretary and politician.^[2] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election from Jonquière in Quebec as a member of the Bloc Québécois.^[3] He defeated the incumbent NDP MP Karine Trudel.

Mario Simard MP
Member of Parliament for Jonquière
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Karine Trudel
Personal details
Party	Bloc Québécois
Residence(s)	Jonquière, Quebec[1]

Political career

He served as the critic of intergovernmental affairs, natural resources and energy in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada.^[4]

He was elected the vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Jonquière
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Simard	20,247	39.99	-3.12
	Conservative	Fanny Boulanger	15,314	30.25	+1.94
	Liberal	William Van Tassel	13,172	26.02	+5.22
	New Democratic	Lise Garon	932	1.84	-3.53
	People's	Patrick Gaudreault	516	1.02	N/A
	Green	Marie-Josée Yelle	448	0.88	-0.81
Total valid votes			50,629	98.41
Total rejected ballots			817	1.59	-0.95
Turnout			51,446	67.98	+4.86
Eligible voters			75,676
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		-2.53
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Jonquière
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Simard	19,036	41.9	+6.3	$21,445.47
	Conservative	Louise Gravel	13,223	29.1	+8.2	$28,273.75
	Liberal	Stéphane Bégin	9,546	21.0	+5.1	$15,443.09
	New Democratic	Marieve Ruel	2,559	5.6	-19.0	$1,358.35
	Green	Marie-Josée Yelle	738	1.6	-0.4	$0.00
	Rhinoceros	Line Bélanger	372	0.8	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,474	97.5	–	$127,988.39
Total rejected ballots			1,188	2.5
Turnout			46,662	63.2
Registered voters			73,830
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.9
Source: Elections Canada[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Jonquière
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Simard	17,577	35.6	+12.31	$11,695.16
	New Democratic	Karine Trudel	12,141	24.6	-4.59	$58,005.08
	Conservative	Philippe Gagnon	10,338	20.9	+4.01	$52,967.51
	Liberal	Vincent Garneau	7,849	15.9	-12.58	$42,992.12
	Green	Lyne Bourdages	1,009	2.0	+0.64	$0.00
	People's	Sylvie Théodore	453	0.9		$1,360.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,367	100.0
Total rejected ballots			999
Turnout			50,366	69.3
Eligible voters			72,713
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.45
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]