# 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. 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.
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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,748 | 99.10 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 344 | 0.90 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,112 | 78.10 | +15.49 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 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 | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,923 | 100.0% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 607 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Total valid votes | 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 | Total valid votes | 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.
vte2000 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,632 | 100.00 | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,248 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,880 | 63.58 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,446 | 100.0% |