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Serge Cardin

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Serge Cardin

| image =

| office1 = MP for Sherbrooke

| term_start1 = September 14, 1998

| term_end1 = May 2, 2011

| predecessor1 = Jean Charest

| successor1 = Pierre-Luc Dusseault

| office2 = MNA for Sherbrooke

| term_start2 = September 4, 2012

| term_end2 = April 7, 2014

| predecessor2 = Jean Charest

| successor2 = Luc Fortin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|7|2}}

| birth_place = Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| profession = accountant

| party = Parti Québécois (2012–2014)

| otherparty = Bloc Québécois (Before 2011)

| residence = Sherbrooke

| footnotes =

| spouse = Mariette Cardin

| religion = |

| caption = Portrait of 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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-really-new-democrats|title=The REALLY New Democrats|work=National Post|date=4 May 2011|access-date=6 October 2023}} In the 2012 Quebec election, he unseated the incumbent Premier of Quebec Jean Charest who was also his predecessor for the federal riding.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/premier-jean-charest-loses-home-riding-of-sherbrooke-1.1206733|title=Premier Jean Charest loses home riding of Sherbrooke|publisher=CBC News|date=4 September 2012|access-date=6 October 2023}} He was defeated by Liberal candidate Luc Fortin in the 2014 Quebec election.{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/661696/resultats-sherbrooke-elections-2014|title=Sherbrooke redevient libérale|publisher=Radio-Canada|date=7 April 2014|access-date=6 October 2023}}

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Cardin is an accountant. He was a city councillor in Sherbrooke from 1986 to 1998.

Electoral record

{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2012|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|QC|PQ|Serge Cardin |15,909|42.12|+4.53}}

{{CANelec|QC|Liberal |Jean Charest |13,267|35.13|-10.11}}

{{CANelec|QC|CAQ|Philippe Girard |4,457|11.80|+4.95*}}

{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire|Christian Bibeau |2,586|6.85|+0.41}}

{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale |Évelyne Beaudin |1,069|2.83|–}}

{{CANelec|QC|Green |Suzanne Richer |407|1.08|-2.28}}

{{CANelec|QC|PI|Christian Clavet |73|0.19|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|37,748|99.10|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|344|0.90|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 38,112| 78.10|+15.49}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists| 48,799|–|–}}

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* Result compared to Action démocratique

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pierre-Luc Dusseault|22,344|43.0%|+29.9%|}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Serge Cardin|18,703|36.0%| -14.1%|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Éric Deslauriers-Joannette|4,953|9.5%| -10.0%|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Pierre Harvey|4,865|9.4%|-5.0%|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Jacques Laberge|890|1.7%|–|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros|Crédible Berlingot Landry|224|0.4%| -0.5%|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|–|100.0%|}}

{{end}}

Source: [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/candidates.aspx?L=e&ED=24070&EV=34&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&Prov=QC&ProvID=24&MapID=&QID=8&PageID=17&TPageID= Elections Canada]

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Serge Cardin| 25,502| 50.1%| -2.2%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal| Nathalie Goguen | 9,947| 19.5%| +6.4%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative| André Bachand | 8,331| 16.4%|-4.3% }}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Yves Mondoux|6,676| 13.1%| +4.2%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros| Sébastien Côrriveau|467| 0.9%| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|50,923| 100.0%}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 607| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|51,530| %}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Serge Cardin|27,185|52.2%|-6.5% }}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Marc Nadeau|10,772|20.7%| +16.4%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Robert Pouliot|6,860|13.2%|-17.8% }}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Martin Plaisance|4,645| 8.9%|+6.0% }}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Michel Quirion|2,262|4.3%|+1.3% }}

{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Claudia Laroche-Martel|321|0.6%| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|52,045| 100.0%}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Serge Cardin|29,323|58.7% |+12.2%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bruno-Marie Béchard|15,482|31.0% |-10.8%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Réal Leblanc|2,142|4.3% |-4.1%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Jeffrey Champagne|1,509|3.0% |}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Philippe Dion|1,463|2.9% |1.6%}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|49,919 |100.0%}}

{{end}}

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}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|14 September 1998|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec/note|Resignation of Jean J. Charest, 1 May 1998}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Serge Cardin|16,143|44.3% |+14.6%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Robert Pouliot|15,923|43.7% |+35.0%}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Robert Archambault|2,303|6.3% |-53.2%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Marcel Bolduc|934|2.6% |}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Sébastien Goulet|720|2.0% |+0.8%}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Jacques Bousquet|254|0.7% |}}

{{CANelec|XX|Independent|John Turmel|97|0.3% |}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Serge Lachapelle|72|0.2% |}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|36,446 |100.0%}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215194123/http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=53 How'd They Vote?: Serge Cardin's voting history and quotes]
  • {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11492}}

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Category:1950 births

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Category:Sherbrooke city councillors

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Category:21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec

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