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 by	Pierre Moreau
Succeeded by	Monique Richard
Personal details
Born	(1985-02-09) February 9, 1985 Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
Political party	ADQ (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 ridding 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 Québécois	Martine Ouellet	7,863	59.15	+10.51
	Liberal	Simon-Pierre Diamond	3,236	24.34	−7.94
	Action démocratique	Alain Dépatie	879	6.61	−7.06
	Québec solidaire	Sébastien Robert	727	5.47	+3.23
	Green	Yvon Rudolphe	419	3.15	−0.01
	Independent	Denis Durand	98	0.74	−2.42
	Independent	Régent Millette	71	0.53	-
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 Québécois	Monique Richard	14,533	39.75	+8.70
	Liberal	Jean-Robert Grenier	13,119	35.88	+8.68
	Action démocratique	Simon-Pierre Diamond	6,750	18.46	-18.61
	Green	Thomas Goyette-Levac	1,097	3.00	-
	Québec solidaire	Hugo Bergeron	1,064	2.91	-1.76

2007 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Action démocratique	Simon-Pierre Diamond	15,536	37.07	+20.39
	Parti Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	13,015	31.05	-8.14
	Liberal	Pierre Moreau	11,401	27.20	-14.18
	Québec solidaire	Daniel Michelin	1,958	4.67	+3.31*

* Increase is from UFP

External links

• "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.

Party political offices
Preceded by Micaël Bérubé	President of the Youth Commission of the Action démocratique du Québec 2004–2007	Succeeded by Catherine Goyer
Political offices
Preceded by Stéphane Bergeron (PQ)	Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Environment 2007–2008	Succeeded by Monique Richard (PQ)