Liberal Party of Canada (former) Jean-François Simard (born December 10, 1966) is a teacher, Quebec provincial politician, and Cabinet Minister.
[1] He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Montmorency from 1998 to 2003, representing the Parti Québécois.
He served as a delegate minister in the Cabinet of Quebec Premier Bernard Landry for over a year.
[citation needed] In the late 1980s, Simard was the vice-president of the Canadian liberal youth-wing but resigned following the failure of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990.
[citation needed] After the 2003 elections, Simard worked as a lecturer at Université Laval in the faculty of industrial relations.