Serge Cardin

Serge Cardin
MP for Sherbrooke
In office
September 14, 1998 – May 2, 2011
Preceded byJean Charest
Succeeded byPierre-Luc Dusseault
MNA for Sherbrooke
In office
September 4, 2012 – April 7, 2014
Preceded byJean Charest
Succeeded byLuc Fortin
Personal details
Born (1950-07-02) July 2, 1950 (age 74)
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Political partyParti Québécois (2012–2014)
Other political
affiliations
Bloc Québécois (Before 2011)
SpouseMariette Cardin
ResidenceSherbrooke
Professionaccountant

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.

  1. ^ "The REALLY New Democrats". National Post. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Premier Jean Charest loses home riding of Sherbrooke". CBC News. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sherbrooke redevient libérale". Radio-Canada. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2023.