15 Facts About Amanda Simard

On January 16,2020, Amanda Simard joined the Ontario Liberal Party.

Amanda Simard lost her seat in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Amanda Simard is president of the International Network of Young Parliamentarians.

Amanda Simard grew up in Embrun, Ontario, in her riding, where she lives along with her family, who have been there for centuries.

Amanda Simard worked throughout her high school, college, and university years, and worked full-time while simultaneously attending law school full-time.

Amanda Simard held down two jobs in high school and paid her own way through law school, graduating from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 2013.

Amanda Simard was part of the Senate Page Program from 2009 to 2010 and continued to work at the Senate of Canada as an Executive Assistant and Policy Advisor to Senators from 2010 to 2017.

Amanda Simard was elected as a municipal councillor in the Township of Russell in 2014.

Amanda Simard ceased holding municipal office upon her election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2018.

Amanda Simard served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Francophone Affairs.

On December 4,2017, Amanda Simard was acclaimed as the Ontario PC candidate for Glengarry Prescott Russell after another nominee, Derek Duval, was disallowed by the party executive.

Amanda Simard left the Ontario PC Party on November 29,2018, to sit as an independent when Premier Doug Ford eliminated the province's French-language services commissioner and cancelled plans for a French-language university.

Amanda Simard was praised for defence of her fellow Franco-Ontarians including by a unanimous resolution of the National Assembly of Quebec.

On January 16,2020, Amanda Simard joined the Ontario Liberal Party.

Amanda Simard was selected as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for the 2022 provincial elections.