Former MP trying to win back GlengarryPrescottRussell

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 GlengarryPrescottRussell, which runs from rural east Ottawa to the Quebec border, three times before losing to LiberalFrancis Drouinby 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, whofinished 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 ridingare Jean-Jacques Desgranges of the People's Party; Darcy Donnelly of the Libertarian Party of Canada;Independent Daniel Fey;Marc-Antoine Gagnierof the Rhinocerous Party; and NDP candidateKonstantine Malakos, who worked toward marriage equality in New York state before moving to the riding and raising poultry with his husband.

MartheLpinewas dropped bythe Green Party because of comments she made concerning abortion. Because that happened after the deadline, Lpine's namewill still appear on the ballot as a Green candidate, but if elected she would not represent the party.

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Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've beenlisted as a confirmed candidateby Elections Canada, chosenas the winner of a nomination contestor who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

GlengarryPrescottRussell 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.

Theiranswers have not been edited by CBC.

Francis Drouin

Pierre Lemieux

Marthe Lpine*

*This questionnaire was filled out when she was still a candidate for the Greens.

Konstantine Malakos