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♂ Serge Cardin
aliasSerge Cardin
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Québec 1 1 2
Total 6 2 8
Birth 2 July 1950
Age 73 years + 9 months
First mandate 14 September 1998 → 25 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 21 days ago (6 April 2014)
Special notes
None
 
Serge Cardin (1950– )
© Photo 2014 Pacha 13 — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Québec sovereignist from Sherbrooke, Cardin was defeated in 2011 by the youngest person to be elected to the Canadian Parliament, the New Democrat Pierre-Luc Dusseault. But his revenge came a year later when he unseated the Liberal premier, Jean Charest.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Sherbrooke, Québec (1986–1998)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 12 7 12
Québec 1 7 0 Z
TOTAL 14 2 12

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
5 documented challengers
⊕ André Bachand  m 
⊕ Pierre-Luc Dusseault  m 
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 		 ⊕ Jean J. Charest  m 
⊕ Luc Fortin  m 
 
Eligible: 76,101 Votes: 37,028 Participation: 48.66% Candidacies: 8
Federal
36		 Québec
14 September 1998
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10836(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
BQ
 1/8 16,143 44.29% +220 Loser:
LIB
 15,923 43.69% Robert Pouliot

Service: 2 years 2 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,592 Votes: 51,880 Participation: 63.58% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 Québec
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2792(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
BQ
 1/8 23,559 46.53% +2,377 Loser:
LIB
 21,182 41.84% Jean-François Rouleau

Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,945 Votes: 50,723 Participation: 62.66% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Québec
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1243(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
BQ
 1/5 29,323 58.74% +13,841 Loser:
LIB
 15,482 31.01% Bruno-Marie Béchard

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,896 Votes: 52,526 Participation: 64.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Québec
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 749(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
BQ
 1/6 27,112 52.20% +16,349 Loser:
CPC
 10,763 20.72% Marc Nadeau

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,990 Votes: 51,530 Participation: 62.85% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Québec
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5975(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
BQ
 1/5 25,502 50.08% +15,555 Loser:
LIB
 9,947 19.53% Nathalie Goguen

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 82,918 Votes: 52,580 Participation: 63.41% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 Québec
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6515(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
BQ
 2/6 18,665 35.89% -3,750 Winner:
NDP
 22,415 43.10% Pierre-Luc Dusseault
Eligible: 48,799 Votes: 38,112 Participation: 78.10% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
40		 Québec
4 September 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PQ  Minority
ID: 7039(F) — 9 Sep 2021 22:41 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
62
PQ
 1/7 15,909 42.12% +2,642 Loser:
QLP
 13,267 35.13% Jean J. Charest

Service: 1 year 7 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,255 Votes: 34,442 Participation: 69.93% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
41		 Québec
7 April 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 7164(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PQ
 2/9 10,525 30.98% -1,855 Winner:
QLP
 12,380 36.44% Luc Fortin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Serge Cardin, M.P.		 19 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Serge Cardin, député		 19 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Serge Cardin		 19 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Serge Cardin		 19 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Serge Cardin		 19 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Mar 2024 07:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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