Simon-Pierre Diamond

Simon-Pierre Diamond (born February 9, 1985) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. 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.

Simon-Pierre Diamond
MNA for Marguerite-D'Youville
In office
April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded byPierre Moreau
Succeeded byMonique Richard
Personal details
Born (1985-02-09) February 9, 1985
Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
Political partyADQ (2007-2008)
Liberal (2010-present)

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.[1]

In the 2007 election at age 22, Diamond became the youngest member ever elected to the Quebec legislature,[2] a record he held until the 2012 election of Léo Bureau-Blouin; the previous recordholders had been André Boisclair and Claude Charron.[3]

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.[4] On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Environment and Sustaining Development.[5] He lost his seat in the 2008 election along with 33 other ADQ MNAs, coming in third place in his riding with 18.46% of the vote.[6]

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.[7] He was defeated in that election by Parti Québécois candidate Martine Ouellet.[8]

Diamond was born in Boucherville, Quebec. His father is a federal Liberal.[2]

Electoral record
Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010: Vachon
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisMartine Ouellet7,86359.15+10.51
LiberalSimon-Pierre Diamond3,23624.34−7.94
Action démocratiqueAlain Dépatie8796.61−7.06
Québec solidaireSébastien Robert7275.47+3.23
GreenYvon Rudolphe4193.15−0.01
IndependentDenis Durand980.74−2.42
IndependentRégent Millette710.53-
Total valid votes 13,293 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 174
Turnout 13,467 29.25 −32.23
Electors on the lists 46,046

Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti QuébécoisMonique Richard14,53339.75+8.70
  Liberal Jean-Robert Grenier 13,119 35.88 +8.68
Action démocratiqueSimon-Pierre Diamond6,75018.46-18.61
GreenThomas Goyette-Levac1,0973.00-
Québec solidaireHugo Bergeron1,0642.91-1.76
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratiqueSimon-Pierre Diamond15,53637.07+20.39
Parti QuébécoisSébastien Gagnon13,01531.05-8.14
  Liberal Pierre Moreau 11,401 27.20 -14.18
Québec solidaireDaniel Michelin1,9584.67+3.31*

* Increase is from UFP

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • Political rookie makes history in Quebec

Footnotes
  1. Simon-Pierre Diamond : jeune député de 22 ans, "Christiane Charette" , March 28, 2007
  2. "Youngest member of Quebec legislature learns ropes". CBC News. May 29, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  3. "Députés de 25 ans et moins : date de leur première élection". National Assembly. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  4. Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007
  5. Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007
  6. "PQ's Richard holds slim lead in Marguerite D'Youville". The Gazette. Montreal. December 7, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  7. "Ex-ADQ MNA runs for Liberals in by-election". CBC News. May 31, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  8. "PQ holds on to Montreal-area riding in byelection". CTV News. July 6, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
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