Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay
MP
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byBrigitte Sansoucy
Personal details
Born (1988-05-11) May 11, 1988
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political partyBloc Québécois
ResidenceSaint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
ProfessionEssayist

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election.[1] Savard-Tremblay represents the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot as a member of the Bloc Québécois.

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".[2]

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.

Electoral Record

2019 Canadian federal election: Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay23,14341.4+17.1$26,447.17
LiberalRené Vincelette11,90321.3-6.3$49,472.90
New DemocraticBrigitte Sansoucy10,29718.4-10.3$48,330.94
ConservativeBernard Barré8,06214.4-2.3$44,085.44
GreenSabrina Huet-Côté2,0313.6+1.3none listed
People'sJean-François Bélanger4780.9–none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,91497.57
Total rejected ballots 1,3912.43+0.25
Turnout 57,30570.1+1.3
Eligible voters 81,792
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic Swing +11.7
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Élections fédérales: le bloquiste Simon-Pierre Savard Tremblay élu". CFXM-FM, October 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (2018-06-09). "L'actualité de John Maynard Keynes". Le Journal de Montréal.
  3. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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