Voters have been loyal in Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke

40-year-old riding has changed parties just once

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Voters west of Ottawa have seen this 40-year-old seat change hands only once.
Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke was created in 1979 and remained Liberal until 2000, when Cheryl Gallant(external link) won it for the Canadian Alliance.
She's held it ever since, running as a Conservative since the merger.
Fellow opposition MP Scott Reid is the only other local in the House to have held a seat that long.
Gallant takes on:
Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've been listed as a confirmed candidate(external link) by Elections Canada, chosen as the winner of a nomination contest(external link) or who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke in 2015

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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.

Dan Criger

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Cheryl Gallant

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Eileen Jones-Whyte

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Dheerendra Kumar

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Ian Pineau

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