NDP MP Dany Morin didn't expect he would be elected in 2011, after all the riding had been a solid Bloc riding since 2004 and before that was the stronghold of André Harvey, who held the riding first as a PC, then as an Independent, and finally as a Liberal. The NDP never finished higher than third.
But with the orange wave engulfing Quebec, Morin found himself on the morning of May 3 as the sitting MP for Chicoutimi-Le Fjord.
The eldest of two children, Morin grew up in a household where politics never played a prominent role, but in the back of his mind he always thought that he could play a role -- but not until his 50s. In high school, Morin heard about Jack Layton who had just been elected leader of the NDP. Morin liked what he heard so he bought a membership and quietly supported the party until 2011, when he was approached to be a candidate in the riding. By then, Morin had been in business for a year as a licensed chiropractor and didn't think he had a realistic chance of winning, but he did.
Outspoken on the issue of bullying, Morin has made a name for himself in the short time he has been in Ottawa. Catherine Clark spoke to Dany Morin about his life Beyond Politics.
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