Mario Simard

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| riding = Jonquière

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 21, 2019

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| predecessor = Karine Trudel

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| party = Bloc Québécois

| residence = Jonquière, Quebec{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|title=Official Voting Results|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=January 23, 2021}}

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Mario Simard {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} is a Canadian political science lecturer, press secretary and politician.{{Cite news|date=July 13, 2019|title=C'est officiel : Mario Simard se présentera pour le Bloc Québécois dans Jonquière|language=French|work=Radio Canada|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1222108/investiture-candidat-bloquiste-jonquiere|access-date=June 25, 2021}} He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election from Jonquière in Quebec as a member of the Bloc Québécois.{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5794607/canada-election-jonquiere/ | title=Canada election results: Jonquière| publisher=Globalnews | date=22 October 2019 | access-date=22 October 2019}} He defeated the incumbent NDP MP Karine Trudel.