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
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	(1950-07-02) July 2, 1950 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Parti Québécois (2012–2014)
Other political affiliations	Bloc Québécois (Before 2011)
Spouse(s)	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. In the 2012 Quebec election, he unseated the incumbent Premier of Quebec Jean Charest who was also his predecessor for the federal riding.

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%

External links

• How'd They Vote?: Serge Cardin's voting history and quotes
• Serge Cardin – Parliament of Canada biography