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 (age 73)
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 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

  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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