Summary: After making history in 2011, NDP MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault is facing strong candidates from multiple parties as he attempts to win re-election in 2015.
Boundaries: A completely urban riding, it includes most of Sherbrooke, excluding Bromptonville, Rock Forest and Lennoxville. The riding used to include Bromptonville, but through redistribution now includes all of the Mont Bellevue area instead.
Last Election: Dusseault defeated longtime BQ MP Serge Cardin by 7 per cent to become, at 19 years old, the youngest MP in Canadian history.
History: Represented in the House of Commons since 1cois925, Cardin held the riding from 1998 to 2011, generally winning by comfortable margins. Former Quebec premier and Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest held this riding from 1984 to 1998, including the 1993 election when the PC party was reduced to just two seats. Prior to that, the riding had been held by the Liberals from 1968 to 1984.
Demographics: The median income is $23,862, ninth lowest in Quebec. French is the first language of 88.8 per cent of residents.
Candidates
Conservatives: Marc Dauphin, former leader of the military hospital at Kandahar Airfield
NDP: Pierre-Luc Dusseault, MP since 2011
Liberals: Tom Allen, former Sherbrooke councillor and Chair of Sherbrooke’s Canada Games
Greens:
Bloc Québécois: Caroline Bouchard, former journalist with The Tribune newspaper
Rhino: Hubert Richard
Independent: Benoit Huberdeau
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