Jean-Maurice Simard Politician
Jean-Maurice Simard (June 21, 1931 - June 16, 2001) was a Canadian Chartered Accountant and politician remembered as a strong promoter of French language rights and defender of Canadian bilingualism.He was born in Rivière-Bleue, Quebec in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region near Maine and New Brunswick. He studied at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario and McGill University in Montreal. A chartered accountant, he practiced in Edmundston, New Brunswick.Jean-Maurice Simard was the brother of politician Montcalm Simard, who was a Union Nationale member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1966 to 1973.
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| appointer | |
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| office | Senator for Edmundston New Brunswick Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Edmunston |
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| successor | Robert Beaulieu |