Summary: NDP MP Annick Papillon defeated long-time incumbent MP Christiane Gagnon of the Bloc Québécois to win this seat in 2011. Papillon is seeking re-election. This riding is also home to half of Quebec City’s father-son duo of Conservative candidates. Pierre Thomas Asselin is the son of Jean-Pierre Asselin, who is running in the Louis-Hébert riding.
Boundaries: The boundaries of this riding have changed to include part of what was formerly the Louis-Hébert riding. Covering the central portion of Quebec City, it includes the borough of La Cité, the southern portion of Les Rivières, and Nortre-Dame-des-Anges.
Last Election: The NDP’s Papillon won with 42.6 per cent of the vote. The BQ incumbent, Gagnon, finished second with 28.0 per cent.
History: Christiane Gagnon held this seat for the Bloc Québécois from 1993 until her defeat in 2011. The last conservative to win here was PC Gilles Loiselle in 1988. A Liberal has not been elected here since Gilles Lamontagne in 1980.
Candidates
Conservative: Pierre Thomas Asselin, political staffer
NDP: Annick Papillon, MP since 2011
Liberal: Jean-Yves Duclos, economics professor, Laval University
Bloc Québécois: Charles Mordret, businessman
Green: Philippe Riboty
Marxist-Leninist: Normand Fournier
Strength in Democracy: Danielle Provost