Watch: English Quebec election debates: Nelligan
On Monday April 7, Global News will have up-to-the-minute live Quebec election results, with a live blog starting at 6 p.m. and a live-streaming election special beginning at 8 p.m. after the polls close.
READ MORE: Live coverage of the 2014 Quebec election
Global Montreal’s senior news anchor Jamie Orchard will be hosting a four-hour election special, which starts online at 8 p.m. and will be broadcast on Global Montreal from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Meet the candidates in Nelligan’s election race
There are six candidates running in the riding:
Quebec Liberal Party: Martin Coiteux
Parti Quebecois: Louis-David Bénard
Coalition Avenir Quebec: Albert Bitton
Option Nationale: François Landry
Green Party of Quebec: Charles Bourassa
Parti conservateur du Québec: Trevor Pinto
Watch: Issues facing riding of Nelligan
To find out who else is running in other electoral districts, check out our interactive map of Quebec provincial election ridings.
Find out more about the riding
Liberal candidate Martin Coiteux is replacing Yolande James, who retired from politics earlier in the year.
Nelligan has been a Liberal stronghold since its creation in 1981. It is one of the largest provincial ridings and though there are more francophones than anglophones, the riding is highly anti-separatist.
Population: 80,510
Electors: 56,909
2012 voter turnout: 73.21%
1995 referendum vote: Yes: 18.2%; No: 81.8%
Voting day
On April 7, 2014, polling stations will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. To find your local polling station, click here.
You must be entered on the Quebec list of electors in order to vote. When heading to the poll station, remember to bring either your driver’s licence, health insurance card, Canadian passport, Treaty status card or Canadian Forces ID.
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