Summary: This is a new riding for 2015. It combines parts of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Verchères-Les Patriotes, and Chambly-Borduas. NDP MP Djaouida Sellah, elected in 2011 in Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, is seeking re-election here.
Boundaries: This riding includes Saint-Hubert, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Basile-le-Grand and Sainte-Julie.
Last Election: Within the boundaries of this new riding, 44.5 per cent of 2011’s votes went to the NDP. The Bloc Québecois earned 29.1 per cent.
History: This region had strongly supported the Bloc Québécois, from the time of the party’s first election in 1993, until 2011, when NDP MP’s were elected in all three of the former ridings here.
Candidates
Conservative: Stéphane Duranleau, lawyer
NDP: Djaouida Sellah, MP since 2011
Liberal: Michel Picard, financial crime expert
Bloc Québécois: Catherine Fournier, economist
Green: Olivier Adam, filmmaker
Libertarian: Claude Leclair
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