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Serge Cardin
MNA for Sherbrooke
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Preceded by Jean Charest
MP for Sherbrooke
In office
1998–2011
Preceded by Jean Charest
Succeeded by Pierre-Luc Dusseault
Personal details
Born July 2, 1950 (age 62)
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Political party Parti Québécois (2012–present)
Other political
affiliations Bloc Québécois (Before 2011)
Spouse(s) Mariette Cardin
Residence Sherbrooke
Profession accountant
Serge Cardin (born July 2, 1950 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He is a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Sherbrooke electoral district, and was formerly a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Sherbrooke from 1998 to 2011.
In the 2012 Quebec election, he unseated the incumbent Premier of Quebec Jean Charest who was also his predecessor for the federal riding.
He is an accountant. He was a city councillor in Sherbrooke from 1986 to 1998.
Electoral record[edit]
[hide]Quebec general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
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
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
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 %
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
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%
[hide]Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
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.
[hide] v t e Canadian federal election, 2000: 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
Canadian Alliance Mark Quinlan 2,284 4.51 $7,089
Progressive Conservative Eric L'Heureux 1,955 3.86 $493
New Democratic Party 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.
[hide]Canadian federal by-election, 14 September 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
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%