Voters have been loyal in RenfrewNipissingPembroke

Voters west of Ottawa have seen this 40-year-old seat change hands only once.

RenfrewNipissingPembroke was created in 1979 and remained Liberal until 2000, when Cheryl Gallant 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.

Gallanttakes on:

• Businessman and hobby farm owner David Ainsworth of the People's Party;
• Robert Cherrin of the Veterans Coalition Party;
• Independent DanCriger, who founded a chain of convenience stores in the area;
• Independent Jonathan Davis;
• TeacherEileen Jones-Whyte of the NDP;
• Libertarian Stefan Klietsch;
• Independent Dheerendra Kumar, a physiotherapist who came to Canada from India in 2009;
• Ruben Marini of the Liberals, who has worked with Atomic Energy of Canada;
• Ian Pineau of the Greens,a professor in Algonquin College's adventure tourism program in Pembroke, Ont.

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.

RenfrewNipissingPembroke 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.

Dan Criger

Cheryl Gallant

Eileen Jones-Whyte

Dheerendra Kumar

Ian Pineau