Simon-Pierre Diamond
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Simon-Pierre Diamond is a politician in Quebec
. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville
district in the National Assembly of Quebec
from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec
.
From 2004 to 2007, Diamond, a law student at Université de Montréal and a resident of Boucherville, served as President of the Youth Commission of the ADQ. He supports same-sex marriage
, but believes that only the federal government
has jurisdiction over that issue.
In the 2007 election
at age 22, Diamond became the youngest member ever elected to the Quebec legislature. He and Parti Québécois
member André Boisclair
are the only people to have broken the record established by PQ member Claude Charron
in the 1970 election
at age 23.
Diamond was elected with 37% of the vote, defeating PQ candidate Sébastien Gagnon (31%) and Liberal incumbent Pierre Moreau
(27%). He took office on April 12, 2007. On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Environment and Sustaining Development. He lost his seat in the 2008 election along with 33 other ADQ MNAs, coming in third place in his ridding with 18.46% of the vote.
On May 31, 2010, it was announced Diamond had switched to the Liberal Party and would be running for them in the July 5 Vachon
by-election. He was defeated in that election by Parti Québécois
candidate Martine Ouellet
.
His father is a federal Liberal
.
|-
|Parti Québécois
|Monique Richard
|align="right"|14,533
|align="right"|39.75
|align="right"|+8.70
|-
|Liberal
|Jean-Robert Grenier
|align="right"|13,119
|align="right"|35.88
|align="right"|+8.68
|-
|Action démocratique
|Simon-Pierre Diamond
|align="right"|6,750
|align="right"|18.46
|align="right"|-18.61
|-
|Green
|Thomas Goyette-Levac
|align="right"|1,097
|align="right"|3.00
|align="right"|-
|-
|Québec solidaire
|Hugo Bergeron
|align="right"|1,064
|align="right"|2.91
|align="right"|-1.76
|}
|-
|Action démocratique
|Simon-Pierre Diamond
|align="right"|15,536
|align="right"|37.07
|align="right"|+20.39
|-
|Parti Québécois
|Sébastien Gagnon
|align="right"|13,015
|align="right"|31.05
|align="right"|-8.14
|-
|Liberal
|Pierre Moreau
|align="right"|11,401
|align="right"|27.20
|align="right"|-14.18
|-
|Québec solidaire
|Daniel Michelin
|align="right"|1,958
|align="right"|4.67
|align="right"|+3.31*
|}
* Increase is from UFP
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville
Marguerite-D'Youville
Marguerite-D'Youville is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The municipalities of Boucherville and Sainte-Julie are situated in this district. In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 59% for Quebec to separate...
district in the National Assembly of Quebec
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
.
From 2004 to 2007, Diamond, a law student at Université de Montréal and a resident of Boucherville, served as President of the Youth Commission of the ADQ. He supports same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....
, but believes that only the federal government
Government of Canada
The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...
has jurisdiction over that issue.
In the 2007 election
Quebec general election, 2007
The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...
at age 22, Diamond became the youngest member ever elected to the Quebec legislature. He and Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
member André Boisclair
André Boisclair
André Boisclair is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and separatist party in Quebec....
are the only people to have broken the record established by PQ member Claude Charron
Claude Charron
Claude Charron is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He graduated from the Université de Montréal with a degree in political science. During 1969 and 1970 he taught at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit and the Cégep du Vieux Montréal.In 1970, Claude Charron entered...
in the 1970 election
Quebec general election, 1970
The Quebec general election of 1970 was held on April 29, 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968...
at age 23.
Diamond was elected with 37% of the vote, defeating PQ candidate Sébastien Gagnon (31%) and Liberal incumbent Pierre Moreau
Pierre Moreau
Pierre Moreau is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec and current Minister of Transportation...
(27%). He took office on April 12, 2007. On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Environment and Sustaining Development. He lost his seat in the 2008 election along with 33 other ADQ MNAs, coming in third place in his ridding with 18.46% of the vote.
On May 31, 2010, it was announced Diamond had switched to the Liberal Party and would be running for them in the July 5 Vachon
Vachon (electoral district)
Vachon is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert...
by-election. He was defeated in that election by Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
candidate Martine Ouellet
Martine Ouellet
Martine Ouellet is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on July 5, 2010, representing the electoral district of Vachon. She is a member of the Parti Québécois....
.
His father is a federal Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
.
Electoral record
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.|-
|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
|Monique Richard
Monique Richard
Monique Richard is a Quebec politician. She is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the district of Marguerite-D'Youville. She was elected in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Parti Québécois and served as president of that party from 2005 to 2008.She is a...
|align="right"|14,533
|align="right"|39.75
|align="right"|+8.70
|-
|Liberal
|Jean-Robert Grenier
|align="right"|13,119
|align="right"|35.88
|align="right"|+8.68
|-
|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
|Simon-Pierre Diamond
Simon-Pierre Diamond
Simon-Pierre Diamond is a politician in Quebec. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville district in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec....
|align="right"|6,750
|align="right"|18.46
|align="right"|-18.61
|-
|Green
Green Party of Quebec
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...
|Thomas Goyette-Levac
|align="right"|1,097
|align="right"|3.00
|align="right"|-
|-
|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
|Hugo Bergeron
|align="right"|1,064
|align="right"|2.91
|align="right"|-1.76
|}
|-
|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
|Simon-Pierre Diamond
Simon-Pierre Diamond
Simon-Pierre Diamond is a politician in Quebec. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville district in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec....
|align="right"|15,536
|align="right"|37.07
|align="right"|+20.39
|-
|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
|Sébastien Gagnon
Sébastien Gagnon
Sébastien Gagnon is a Canadian politician. After serving in the Canadian Army from 1991 to 1995, Gagnon was elected as a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons in a 2002 by-election...
|align="right"|13,015
|align="right"|31.05
|align="right"|-8.14
|-
|Liberal
|Pierre Moreau
Pierre Moreau
Pierre Moreau is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec and current Minister of Transportation...
|align="right"|11,401
|align="right"|27.20
|align="right"|-14.18
|-
|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
|Daniel Michelin
|align="right"|1,958
|align="right"|4.67
|align="right"|+3.31*
|}
External links
- Simon-Pierre DIAMOND at National Assembly of QuebecNational Assembly of QuebecThe National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
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