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. In the 2012 Quebec election, he unseated the incumbent Premier of Quebec Jean Charest who was also his predecessor for the federal riding. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Luc Fortin in the 2014 Quebec election.

Serge Cardin

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

Serge Cardin

Electoral record

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Source: Elections Canada

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Serge Cardin

References

External links

How'd They Vote?: Serge Cardin's voting history and quotes

1950 births

Bloc Québécois MPs

French Quebecers

Living people

Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec

Parti Québécois MNAs

Sherbrooke city councillors

21st-century Canadian politicians