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Serge Cardin
Serge Cardin
MP for Sherbrooke
	In office; September 14, 1998 – May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Jean Charest
Succeeded by	Pierre-Luc Dusseault
MNA for Sherbrooke
	In office; September 4, 2012 – April 7, 2014
Preceded by	Jean Charest
Succeeded by	Luc Fortin
Personal details
Born	July 2, 1950 (age 74); Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Parti Québécois (2012–2014)
Other political; affiliations	Bloc Québécois (Before 2011)
Spouse	Mariette Cardin
Residence	Sherbrooke
Profession	accountant

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.

Electoral record

* 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			–	100.0%

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

v t e 2000 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			50,632	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,248
Turnout			51,880	63.58
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			36,446	100.0%

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