Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay | |
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 Savard-Tremblay in 2015 | |
| Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (2019–2025) | |
| In office October 21, 2019 – June 19, 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Sansoucy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11, 1988 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Parti Québécois (provincial) Independent (federal) |
Other political affiliations | Bloc Québécois (until 2026, federal) |
| Profession | Essayist |
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (born May 11, 1988) is a Canadian politician who sat in the House of Commons from the 2019 federal election until his resignation in 2026.[1] Savard-Tremblay represented the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot as a member of the Bloc Québécois until 2026 when he left the BQ caucus pending his resignation from parliament to run in the 2026 Quebec general election. Savard-Tremblay was nominated by the Parti Québécois as its candidate in Saint-Hyacinthe.[2] Savard-Tremblay resigned from parliament on June 19, 2026.[3]
Biography
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay grew up in Quebec City before settling in Montreal to follow his college studies in economic and social sciences at Collège Stanislas. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the Université de Montréal and a master's degree in sociology from the Université du Québec in Montreal. In 2018 he obtained a doctorate in socio-economics of development from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, under the supervision of Jacques Sapir and Florence Weber.
Savard-Tremblay's involvement in politics led him to chair the Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois from 2010 to 2012, notably during the 2011 federal election.
He was active as a columnist in the media for several years, contributing to a blog at the Journal de Montréal.
Savard-Tremblay first defended conservative positions. This has gradually moved away to adopt a similar posture of left nationalism and economic nationalism and hostile to neoliberalism. He openly admires the British economist John Maynard Keynes, whom he describes as "the greatest economist of the 20th century" and "the great thinker of society".[4]
In April 2019, Savard-Tremblay launched his campaign for the nomination of the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot. He was elected as Member of Parliament in the federal elections of October 2019.
Since 2021, he has served as the critic of international trade, aerospace and cars in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[5]
He was elected vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence in the 45th Canadian Parliament in 2025.
Personal life
Savard-Tremblay is a member of the Huron-Wendat Nation.[6][7]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay | 25,447 | 43.88 | –3.57 | $60,384.29 | |||
| Liberal | Mélanie Bédard | 19,504 | 33.64 | +10.95 | $15,238.91 | |||
| Conservative | Gaëtan Deschênes | 10,431 | 17.99 | +4.48 | $17,122.71 | |||
| New Democratic | Raymonde Plamondon | 1,373 | 2.37 | –9.27 | $385.85 | |||
| Green | Martin Grenier | 800 | 1.38 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Sylvain Pariseau | 431 | 0.74 | –1.98 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,986 | 98.18 | +0.83 | $130,809.39 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,072 | 1.82 | –0.83 | |||||
| Turnout | 59,058 | 69.94 | +4.52 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,439 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | –7.26 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay | 25,165 | 47.5 | +6.1 | $42,791.75 | |||
| Liberal | Caroline-Joan Boucher | 12,030 | 22.7 | +1.4 | $13,920.17 | |||
| Conservative | André Lepage | 7,166 | 13.5 | -0.9 | $48,511.65 | |||
| New Democratic | Brigitte Sansoucy | 6,170 | 11.6 | -6.8 | $17,351.86 | |||
| People's | Sylvain Pariseau | 1,445 | 2.7 | +1.8 | $0.00 | |||
| Free | Sébastien Desautels | 1,055 | 2.0 | N/A | $1,439.69 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,031 | 97.4 | – | $112,852.48 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,439 | 2.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,470 | 65.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,086 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +2.4 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay | 23,143 | 41.4 | +17.1 | $26,447.17 | |||
| Liberal | René Vincelette | 11,903 | 21.3 | -6.3 | $49,472.90 | |||
| New Democratic | Brigitte Sansoucy | 10,297 | 18.4 | -10.3 | $48,330.94 | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Barré | 8,062 | 14.4 | -2.3 | $44,085.44 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Huet-Côté | 2,031 | 3.6 | +1.3 | none listed | |||
| People's | Jean-François Bélanger | 478 | 0.9 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,914 | 97.57 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,391 | 2.43 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 57,305 | 70.1 | +1.3 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,792 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +11.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Élections fédérales: le bloquiste Simon-Pierre Savard Tremblay élu". CFXM-FM, October 22, 2019.
- ↑ Saba, Michael (May 28, 2026). "Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay quits caucus, will run for Parti Québécois". Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Roles - Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay". ourcommons.ca. Ottawa: House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
- ↑ Savard-Tremblay, Simon-Pierre (June 9, 2018). "L'actualité de John Maynard Keynes". Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
- ↑ Lévesque, Catherine (October 5, 2021). "Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet". Montreal Gazette.
- ↑ Savard-Tremblay, Simon-Pierre (July 6, 2017). "Mon héritage huron". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ "Three new Indigenous MPs secure ridings for NDP and Conservative parties". CityNews Ottawa. The Canadian Press. September 22, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
External links
- Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay – Parliament of Canada biography
- Blog at the Journal de Montréal
- Biographical note on the VLB éditeur website
- Partial list of opinion articles at Le Devoir