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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 Sherbrooke’s election race
There are nine candidates running in the riding:
Quebec Liberal Party: Luc Fortin
Parti Quebecois: Serge Cardin
Coalition Avenir Quebec: Philippe Girard
Quebec Solidaire: Hélène Pigot
Option Nationale: Jean-Simon Campbell
Green Party of Quebec: Jeremy Andrews
Parti conservateur du Québec: François Drogue
Bloc Pot: Jossy Roy
Independent: Hubert Richard
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
Sherbrooke is considered a bellwether riding – a riding that votes for the governing party on a regular basis.
Bellwether riding.
Population: 65,800
Electors: 48,799
2012 voter turnout: 78.10%
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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