Serge Cardin
Serge Cardin (born July 2, 1950) is a Quebec politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Sherbrooke electoral district from 2012 to 2014, and was formerly a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Sherbrooke from 1998 to 2011.
Serge Cardin | |
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 Portrait of Serge Cardin | |
| MP for Sherbrooke | |
| In office September 14, 1998 – May 2, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Charest |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Luc Dusseault |
| MNA for Sherbrooke | |
| In office September 4, 2012 – April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Charest |
| Succeeded by | Luc Fortin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 2, 1950 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Parti Québécois (2012–2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Bloc Québécois (Before 2011) |
| Spouse | Mariette Cardin |
| Residence | Sherbrooke |
| Profession | accountant |
In the 2011 Canadian federal election, he lost his seat to Pierre-Luc Dusseault, then a 19-year-old university student and the youngest MP ever elected in Canadian history.[1] In the 2012 Quebec election, he unseated the incumbent Premier of Quebec Jean Charest who was also his predecessor for the federal riding.[2] He was defeated by Liberal candidate Luc Fortin in the 2014 Quebec election.[3]
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Cardin is an accountant. He was a city councillor in Sherbrooke from 1986 to 1998.
Electoral record
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Serge Cardin | 15,909 | 42.12 | +4.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Charest | 13,267 | 35.13 | -10.11 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Philippe Girard | 4,457 | 11.80 | +4.95* | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Christian Bibeau | 2,586 | 6.85 | +0.41 | ||||
| Option nationale | Évelyne Beaudin | 1,069 | 2.83 | – | ||||
| Green | Suzanne Richer | 407 | 1.08 | -2.28 | ||||
| Parti indépendantiste | Christian Clavet | 73 | 0.19 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,748 | 99.10 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 344 | 0.90 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 38,112 | 78.10 | +15.49 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 48,799 | – | – | |||||
* Result compared to Action démocratique
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre-Luc Dusseault | 22,344 | 43.0% | +29.9% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Serge Cardin | 18,703 | 36.0% | -14.1% | ||||
| Liberal | Éric Deslauriers-Joannette | 4,953 | 9.5% | -10.0% | ||||
| Conservative | Pierre Harvey | 4,865 | 9.4% | -5.0% | ||||
| Green | Jacques Laberge | 890 | 1.7% | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Crédible Berlingot Landry | 224 | 0.4% | -0.5% | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0% | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Serge Cardin | 25,502 | 50.1% | -2.2% | ||||
| Liberal | Nathalie Goguen | 9,947 | 19.5% | +6.4% | ||||
| Conservative | André Bachand | 8,331 | 16.4% | -4.3% | ||||
| New Democratic | Yves Mondoux | 6,676 | 13.1% | +4.2% | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Sébastien Côrriveau | 467 | 0.9% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 50,923 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 607 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,530 | % | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Serge Cardin | 27,185 | 52.2% | -6.5% | ||||
| Conservative | Marc Nadeau | 10,772 | 20.7% | +16.4% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Pouliot | 6,860 | 13.2% | -17.8% | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Plaisance | 4,645 | 8.9% | +6.0% | ||||
| Green | Michel Quirion | 2,262 | 4.3% | +1.3% | ||||
| Independent | Claudia Laroche-Martel | 321 | 0.6% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 52,045 | 100.0% | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Serge Cardin | 29,323 | 58.7% | +12.2% | ||||
| Liberal | Bruno-Marie Béchard | 15,482 | 31.0% | -10.8% | ||||
| Conservative | Réal Leblanc | 2,142 | 4.3% | -4.1% | ||||
| Green | Jeffrey Champagne | 1,509 | 3.0% | |||||
| New Democratic | Philippe Dion | 1,463 | 2.9% | 1.6% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,919 | 100.0% | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Serge Cardin | 23,559 | 46.53 | $70,552 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-François Rouleau | 21,182 | 41.84 | $69,566 | ||||
| Alliance | Mark Quinlan | 2,284 | 4.51 | $7,089 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eric L'Heureux | 1,955 | 3.86 | $493 | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Wright | 677 | 1.34 | none listed | ||||
| Natural Law | Daniel Jolicoeur | 495 | 0.98 | none listed | ||||
| Independent | Serge Bourassa-Lacombe | 294 | 0.58 | $624 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 186 | 0.37 | $10 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,632 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,248 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,880 | 63.58 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 81,592 | |||||||
| Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1998 by-election. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 14 September 1998 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Resignation of Jean J. Charest, 1 May 1998 | ||||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Serge Cardin | 16,143 | 44.3% | +14.6% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Pouliot | 15,923 | 43.7% | +35.0% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Archambault | 2,303 | 6.3% | -53.2% | ||||
| Reform | Marcel Bolduc | 934 | 2.6% | |||||
| New Democratic | Sébastien Goulet | 720 | 2.0% | +0.8% | ||||
| Green | Jacques Bousquet | 254 | 0.7% | |||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 97 | 0.3% | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 72 | 0.2% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,446 | 100.0% | ||||||
References
- "The REALLY New Democrats". National Post. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- "Premier Jean Charest loses home riding of Sherbrooke". CBC News. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- "Sherbrooke redevient libérale". Radio-Canada. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
External links
- How'd They Vote?: Serge Cardin's voting history and quotes
- Serge Cardin – Parliament of Canada biography
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