Serge Cardin
Portrait of Serge Cardin
MP for Sherbrooke
In office
September 14, 1998  May 2, 2011
Preceded byJean Charest
Succeeded byPierre-Luc Dusseault
MNA for Sherbrooke
In office
September 4, 2012  April 7, 2014
Preceded byJean Charest
Succeeded byLuc Fortin
Personal details
Born (1950-07-02) July 2, 1950
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Political partyParti Québécois (2012–2014)
Other political
affiliations
Bloc Québécois (Before 2011)
SpouseMariette Cardin
ResidenceSherbrooke
Professionaccountant

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.

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 QuébécoisSerge Cardin15,90942.12+4.53
LiberalJean Charest13,26735.13-10.11
Coalition Avenir QuébecPhilippe Girard4,45711.80+4.95*
Québec solidaireChristian Bibeau2,5866.85+0.41
Option nationaleÉvelyne Beaudin1,0692.83
GreenSuzanne Richer4071.08-2.28
Parti indépendantisteChristian Clavet730.19
Total valid votes 37,74899.10
Total rejected ballots 3440.90
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 DemocraticPierre-Luc Dusseault22,34443.0%+29.9%
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin18,70336.0%-14.1%
LiberalÉric Deslauriers-Joannette4,9539.5%-10.0%
ConservativePierre Harvey4,8659.4%-5.0%
GreenJacques Laberge8901.7%
RhinocerosCrédible Berlingot Landry2240.4%-0.5%
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin25,50250.1%-2.2%
LiberalNathalie Goguen9,94719.5%+6.4%
ConservativeAndré Bachand8,33116.4%-4.3%
New DemocraticYves Mondoux6,67613.1%+4.2%
RhinocerosSébastien Côrriveau4670.9%
Total valid votes 50,923 100.0%
Total rejected ballots 607
Turnout 51,530 %
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin27,18552.2%-6.5%
ConservativeMarc Nadeau10,77220.7%+16.4%
LiberalRobert Pouliot6,86013.2%-17.8%
New DemocraticMartin Plaisance4,6458.9%+6.0%
GreenMichel Quirion2,2624.3%+1.3%
IndependentClaudia Laroche-Martel3210.6%
Total valid votes 52,045 100.0%
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisSerge Cardin29,32358.7%+12.2%
LiberalBruno-Marie Béchard15,48231.0%-10.8%
ConservativeRéal Leblanc2,1424.3%-4.1%
GreenJeffrey Champagne1,5093.0%
New DemocraticPhilippe Dion1,4632.9%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 QuébécoisSerge Cardin23,55946.53$70,552
LiberalJean-François Rouleau21,18241.84$69,566
AllianceMark Quinlan2,2844.51$7,089
Progressive ConservativeEric L'Heureux1,9553.86$493
New DemocraticCraig Wright6771.34none listed
Natural LawDaniel Jolicoeur4950.98none listed
IndependentSerge Bourassa-Lacombe2940.58$624
Marxist–LeninistSerge Lachapelle1860.37$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 QuébécoisSerge Cardin16,14344.3%+14.6%
LiberalRobert Pouliot15,92343.7%+35.0%
Progressive ConservativeRobert Archambault2,3036.3%-53.2%
ReformMarcel Bolduc9342.6%
New DemocraticSébastien Goulet7202.0%+0.8%
GreenJacques Bousquet2540.7%
IndependentJohn Turmel970.3%
Marxist–LeninistSerge Lachapelle720.2%
Total valid votes 36,446 100.0%

References

  1. "The REALLY New Democrats". National Post. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. "Premier Jean Charest loses home riding of Sherbrooke". CBC News. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. "Sherbrooke redevient libérale". Radio-Canada. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2023.


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