Serge Cardin | |
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: | 2 July 1950 |
Birth Place: | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
Profession: | accountant |
Party: | Parti Québécois (2012–2014) |
Otherparty: | Bloc Québécois (Before 2011) |
Residence: | Sherbrooke |
Spouse: | Mariette 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.[1] In the 2012 Quebec election, he unseated the incumbent Premier of Quebec Jean Charest who was also his predecessor for the federal riding.[2] He was defeated by Liberal candidate Luc Fortin in the 2014 Quebec election.[3]
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Cardin is an accountant. He was a city councillor in Sherbrooke from 1986 to 1998.
* 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.