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 La Pinière’s election race
There are six candidates running in the riding:
Independent: Fatima Houda-Pepin (incumbent)
Quebec Liberal Party: Gaétan Barrette
Coalition Avenir Quebec: Jin Kim
Quebec Solidaire: Johane Beaupré
Option Nationale: François Létourneau-Prézeau
Parti conservateur du Québec: Sebastian Fernandez
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
Although typically considered a Liberal stronghold since its creation in 1989, La Piniere is now considered a possible swing riding to watch.
Former Quebec Liberal Party member Fatima Houda-Pepin held the riding for almost 20 years before she declared herself as an independent in 2014. She is running against Gaétan Barrette, who switched from the Coalition Avenir Quebec to join the Liberal Party in early March.
Population: 79,140
Electors: 58,360
2012 voter turnout: 72.13%
1995 referendum vote: Yes: 33.1%; No: 66.9%
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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