Caroline Simard

Caroline Simard
Simard in 2024
Member of the National Assembly
for Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 5, 2026
Preceded byKariane Bourassa
In office
April 7, 2014 – August 29, 2018
Preceded byPauline Marois
Succeeded byÉmilie Foster
Personal details
Born1974 (age 51–52)
Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada
PartyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (until 2026)
EducationCollège François-Xavier-Garneau (DCS)
Université de Sherbrooke (BA)

Caroline Simard (born 1974) is a Canadian politician in Quebec. She was the Member of the National Assembly for Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré from 2014 to 2018 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Simard is now a member of the Conservative Party of Quebec and is running again in Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré in the 2026 Quebec general election.

Political career

Simard's candidacy in the 2014 Quebec election was her first time running for public office. Although she was sometimes accused during the campaign of being the Quebec Liberal Party's paper candidate in Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré, she defeated incumbent Premier Pauline Marois by 882 votes. Upon taking office, Simard was disappointed to discover that the staff of the former Premier had emptied Marois' constituency offices in the riding of all files, forcing Simard's staff to start from zero recreating files on local issues.

Personal life

Simard is originally from Baie-Saint-Paul. She obtained her DCS from the Collège François-Xavier-Garneau in Quebec City, and graduated with a B.A. in French language studies (writing and communication) at the Université de Sherbrooke.

Prior to her election to the legislature, Simard worked in marketing research. She started her professional career at Statistics Canada in 1996. After periods working at Tenor Marketing in Sherbrooke, Léger Marketing in Montreal and the Impact-Recherche division of Groupe Cossette Communication in Quebec City, she started her own firm, Doxa Focus, in December 2006.

References

  1. 1 2 "La candidate qui a défait Pauline Marois dans Charlevoix". Radio-Canada. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014. Originaire de Baie-Saint-Paul dans Charlevoix, Caroline Simard en est à sa toute première expérience en politique.
  2. ↑ Lefebvre, Sarah-Maude (10 April 2014). "Caroline Simard n'est pas étonnée d'avoir battu Pauline Marois". Le Journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pauline Marois loses her seat in Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré". Global News, April 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Preliminary results - Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Téotonio, Jean-Manuel (30 April 2014). "Pauline Marois laisse des bureaux vides à la nouvelle députée". L'Autre Voix. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Caroline Simard". Quebec Liberal Party. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Le PLQ mise sur Caroline Simard". CIHO-FM, March 8, 2014.