Carol Hughes (politician)

Carol Hughes
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Assumed office
October 14, 2008
Preceded by Brent St. Denis
Personal details
Born (1958-11-26) November 26, 1958
Val Caron, Ontario
Political party New Democratic Party
Profession CLC Staff Representative

Carol R. Hughes MP (born November 26, 1958 in Val Caron, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, who has represented the electoral district of Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing in the House of Commons of Canada since 2008. She is a member of the New Democratic Party.

Prior to being elected she worked as a staff representative for the Canadian Labour Congress. She ran as the NDP's candidate in the 2004 election and the 2006 election, losing to Liberal incumbent Brent St. Denis both times.

She had told the press that she would not run in the 2008 election, but changed her mind after she stopped in Blind River for dinner on her way home from a Canadian Labour Congress meeting, and a couple she had never met approached her and encouraged her to run again.[1] She won the riding in that election, and was re-elected in the 2011 election.[2]

Hughes endorsed Niki Ashton in the 2012 NDP leadership election,[3] and Charlie Angus in the 2017 leadership election.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticCarol Hughes16,51639.9−9.94–
LiberalHeather Wilson14,11134.1+19.65%–
ConservativeAndré Robichaud9,82023.7−8.81%–
GreenCalvin John Orok9272.2%−0.88–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,374100.0   $246,425.16
Total rejected ballots 1610.38–
Turnout 41,53566.32+3.56
Eligible voters 62,625
New Democratic hold Swing -14.8
Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6]
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticCarol Hughes18,74751.73%+6.24%–
ConservativeRay Sturgeon10,94330.19%+12.55%–
LiberalFrançois Cloutier5,37514.83%-17.70%–
GreenLorraine Rekmans1,2123.34%-0.98%–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 36,242 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 179 0.49%
Turnout 36,421 62.76%
     New Democratic Party hold Swing -3.2%
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCarol Hughes15,24645.49+10.99
LiberalBrent St. Denis10,90232.53-5.64
ConservativeDianne Musgrove5,89917.60-5.72
GreenLorraine Rekmans1,4654.37+1.70
Total valid votes 33,512
Total rejected ballots –
Turnout – %
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBrent St. Denis14,65238.17-2.77
New DemocraticCarol Hughes13,24434.50+2.81
ConservativeIan West8,95223.32+0.11
GreenSarah Hutchinson1,0252.67-1.49
First Peoples NationalWill Morin3380.88+0.88
IndependentDonald Milton Polmateer1740.45+0.45
Total valid votes 38,385–
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBrent St. Denis14,27640.94
New DemocraticCarol Hughes11,05131.69
ConservativeBlaine Armstrong8,09323.21
GreenLindsay Killen1,4494.16
Total 34,869–

References

  1. ↑ "Hughes breaks 73 year Liberal stranglehold", Mid-North Monitor.
  2. ↑ "Hughes hails NDP showing". Sault Star, May 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Northern Ontario MP Carol Hughes Endorses Ashton for Leader". Local 2 News. January 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, 30 September 2015
  5. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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