André Cimon (1776 – May 12, 1853) was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838. His surname also appears as Simon.
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current-day Province of Quebec, Canada, and the Labrador region of the modern-day Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councillors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, whose members were appointed by the governor general.
He was born Jean-Henry Simon in Rivière-Ouelle, the son of Jean-Baptiste Simon and Angélique Deschênes. Cimon was an innkeeper and then merchant at Baie-Saint-Paul. In 1802, he married Thérèse Rodrigue. He was first elected to the legislative assembly in an 1832 by-election held after Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was named to the legislative council. He mainly supported the Parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions. Cimon died at Baie-Saint-Paul at the age of 77.
Baie-Saint-Paul is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is situated at the mouth of the Gouffre River. It is known for its art galleries, shops and restaurants.
Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière was a Quebec doctor, seigneur and political figure.
The Ninety-Two Resolutions were drafted by Louis-Joseph Papineau and other members of the Parti patriote of Lower Canada in 1834. The resolutions were a long series of demands for political reforms in the British-governed colony.
His nephew Cléophe served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada.
Cléophe Cimon was a notary and political figure in Canada East. His surname also appears as Simon.
