Career
He represented Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1832 to 1838. His surname also appears as Simon. 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.
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.
