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.
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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 Marie-Victorin’s election race
There are eight candidates running in the riding:
Parti Quebecois: Bernard Drainville (incumbent)
Quebec Liberal Party: Jean-Guy Tremblay
Coalition Avenir Quebec: Guillaume Provencher
Quebec Solidaire: Carl Lévesque
Green Party of Quebec: Catherine Lovatt-Smith
Option Nationale: Fabien Villemaire
Équipe autonomiste: Florent Portron
Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec: Pierre Chénier
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
The riding of Marie-Victorin is currently held by Parti Quebecois MNA Bernard Drainville, the Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship Minister and main proponent of Quebec’s proposed charter of values.
Marie-Victorin has belonged to the Parti Quebecois since its creation in 1981. The only exception is when the riding voted in the Quebec Liberal Party from 1984-1985.
Population: 62,270
Electors: 46,478
2012 voter turnout: 71.88%
1995 referendum vote: Yes: 60.5%; No: 39.5%
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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