Watch: Challenges of polling Quebec’s election campaign
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 Fabre’s election race
There are five candidates running in the riding:
Quebec Liberal Party: Gilles Ouimet
Parti Quebecois: François-Gycelain Rocque
Coalition Avenir Quebec: Christopher Skeete
Quebec Solidaire: Marie-Claire Des Rochers-Lamarche
Option Nationale: Bernard Paré
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
Fabre is considered a bellwether riding – riding that votes for the governing party on a regular basis. It has been a Liberal riding since 2003. Previously, it had gone back and forth between the Quebec Liberal Party and the Parti Quebecois.
Population: 71,126
Electors: 47,199
2012 voter turnout: 75.96%
1995 referendum vote: Yes: 51.4%; No: 48.6%
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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