Former MP trying to win back Glengarry–Prescott–Russell
Pierre Lemieux only defeated local MP in 2015 to run again
Conservative candidate Pierre Lemieux is doing what few MPs who lost their seats in 2015 are doing — he's trying to win it back.
Lemieux won Glengarry–Prescott–Russell, which runs from rural east Ottawa to the Quebec border, three times before losing to Liberal Francis Drouin by more than 10,000 votes in 2015. Drouin had previously worked in government relations for both the Ontario premier's office and the private sector.
Lemieux, who finished in the middle of the pack in the most recent Conservative leadership race, is the only local MP trying to regain a lost seat.
Rounding out the field in this mostly francophone riding are Jean-Jacques Desgranges of the People's Party; Darcy Donnelly of the Libertarian Party of Canada; Independent Daniel Fey; Marc-Antoine Gagnier of the Rhinocerous Party; and NDP candidate Konstantine Malakos, who worked toward marriage equality in New York state before moving to the riding and raising poultry with his husband.
Marthe Lépine was dropped by the Green Party because of comments she made concerning abortion. Because that happened after the deadline, Lépine's name will still appear on the ballot as a Green candidate, but if elected she would not represent the party.
Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've been listed as a confirmed candidate by Elections Canada, chosen as the winner of a nomination contest or who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.
Glengarry–Prescott–Russell in 2015
Candidate questionnaires
CBC Ottawa sent every candidate running in eastern Ontario or western Quebec seven questions via their party or a publicly available email address.
They were asked to stick to 25 to 100 word answers, depending on the questions.
Their answers have not been edited by CBC.
Francis Drouin
Pierre Lemieux
Marthe Lépine*
*This questionnaire was filled out when she was still a candidate for the Greens.