Jean-Maurice Simard

Politician, Deceased Person

1931 – 2001

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Who was Jean-Maurice Simard?

Jean-Maurice Simard 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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Born
Jun 21, 1931
Rivière-Bleue, Quebec
Spouses
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • University of Ottawa
  • McGill University
Lived in
  • Edmundston
Died
Jun 16, 2001

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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