Amanda Simard

Amanda Simard
Amanda Simard MPP (Ontario)
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
In office
June 7, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Preceded byGrant Crack
Succeeded byStéphane Sarrazin
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
Born (1989-02-27) February 27, 1989 (age 35)
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative (until 2018)
Independent (2018–2020)
Domestic partnerYvan Baker (e. 2023)
Residence(s)Embrun, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPolitician, Political staffer

Amanda Simard is the former MPP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 42nd Parliament 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 lost her seat in the 2022 Ontario general election.[4]

During the 2022 provincial election Simard was defeated by Stéphane Sarrazin.[5]

She is president of the International Network of Young Parliamentarians.[6]

  1. ^ "PC Amanda Simard elected in Glengarry–Prescott–Russell". CBC News. June 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "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. ^ "PC Stéphane Sarrazin wins Glengarry-Prescott-Russell". ca.news.yahoo.com. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  5. ^ "Stéphane Sarrazin wins in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell". CityNews Ottawa. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  6. ^ "Le Réseau des jeunes parlementaires". Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) (in French). Retrieved 2020-10-27.