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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 Soulanges’ election race
There are five candidates running in the riding:
Quebec Liberal Party: Lucie Charlebois
Coalition Avenir Quebec: Albert Bitton
Option Nationale: Patrick Marquis
Quebec Solidaire: Andrée Bessette
Parti équitable: Patricia Domingos
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
Soulanges, with a 17% anglophone population, had voted predominantly for the Liberals since its creation in 2011.
Population: 62,095
Electors: 46,809
2012 voter turnout: 79%
1995 referendum vote (as part of original riding): Yes: 57.1%; No: 42.9%
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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