Summary: One of the several ridings where the NDP MP elected in 2011 has chosen not to run again in 2015, voters in Saint-Jean will elect a new MP this election.
Boundaries: An large, predominately rural seat in southeast Montérégie, this riding includes most of Le Haut-Richelieu. The majority of voters are in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Last Election: NDP candidate Tarik Brahmi, who is not running again, defeated Bloc Québécois MP Claude Bachand by 17 per cent to win this riding.
History: The riding has existed since the 1968 election, and like many Quebec electoral districts outside Montréal, has followed a similar pattern: Voters elected Bloc Québécois exclusively between 1993 and 2011, elected PC candidates from 1984 to 1993, and Liberal candidates throughout the Trudeau era.
Candidates
Conservative: Stéphane Guinta, HR director for Châteauguay
NDP: Hans Marotte, lawyer and unemployment advocate, perhaps best known for climbing the Cross of Mount Royal to protest Bill 101 in the 1980s
Liberal: Jean Rioux, former mayor and MNA for Iberville
Green: Marilyn Redivo
Bloc: Québécois: Denis Hurtubise, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu councillor and former Parti Québécois president
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