Your guide to D’Arcy-McGee’s 2014 provincial election race

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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 D’Arcy-McGee’s election race

There are five candidates running in the riding:

Quebec Liberal Party: David Birnbaum

Quebec Solidaire: Suzanne Dufresne

Parti Quebecois: Eliane Pion

Coalition Avenir Quebec: Elizabeth Smart

Green Party of Quebec: Abraham Weizfeld

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

D’Arcy McGee has been one of the safest Liberal riding since its creation in 1966; the only exception was in 1989-1994 when it was held by independent Robert Libman. David Birnbaum is running for the Liberals this election (replacing Lawrence Bergman).

The riding is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with a Jewish majority.

Population: 61,490

Electors: 40,280

2012 voter turnout: 65.82%

1995 referendum vote: Yes: 3.6%; No: 96.4%

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.