Carol R. Hughes MP (born November 26, 1958) 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.
Carol Hughes | |
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| Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | |
| Assumed office October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Brent St. Denis |
| Assistant Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1958 Val Caron, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Keith Hughes |
| Residence | Hanmer, Ontario[1] |
| Profession | CLC Staff Representative |
| Website | https://carolhughes.ndp.ca/ |
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.[2] She won the riding in that election, defeating St. Denis, and was re-elected in the 2011 election.[3]
Hughes endorsed Niki Ashton in the 2012 NDP leadership election,[4] and Charlie Angus in the 2017 leadership election.
Hughes has been appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole for a second time; she previously held this role in the 42nd Parliament.[5]
On April 4, 2024 she announced she would not run again for office in the 45th Canadian federal election.[6]
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 15,895 | 40.2 | -1.4 | $79,081.62 | |||
| Conservative | John Sagman | 10,885 | 27.5 | +1.3 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Duke Peltier | 8,888 | 22.5 | -1.8 | $48,545.29 | |||
| People's | Harry Jaaskelainen | 2,840 | 7.2 | +5.0 | $1,805.85 | |||
| Green | Stephen Zimmermann | 726 | 1.8 | -3.6 | $42.50 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Clarence Baarda | 289 | 0.7 | $9,805.46 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,523 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 291 | |||||||
| Turnout | 39,814 | 59.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 66,487 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -1.35 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 16,883 | 41.59 | +1.67 | $105,479.79 | |||
| Conservative | Dave Williamson | 10,625 | 26.18 | +2.44 | $58,396.49 | |||
| Liberal | Heather Wilson | 9,879 | 24.34 | -9.77 | $61,853.69 | |||
| Green | Max Chapman | 2,192 | 5.40 | +3.16 | none listed | |||
| People's | Dave Delisle | 887 | 2.19 | none listed | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Le Marquis de Marmalade | 125 | 0.31 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,591 | 99.06 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 384 | 0.94 | +0.55 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,975 | 62.17 | -3.49 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 65,906 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -0.38 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 16,516 | 39.92 | −10.01 | $79,801.31 | |||
| Liberal | Heather Wilson | 14,111 | 34.11 | +19.66 | $36,962.72 | |||
| Conservative | André Robichaud | 9,820 | 23.73 | −8.77 | $54,344.43 | |||
| Green | Calvin John Orok | 927 | 2.24 | −0.84 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,374 | 99.61 | $247,218.89 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 161 | 0.39 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 41,535 | 65.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 63,253 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -14.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 18,747 | 51.73 | +6.24 | – | |||
| Conservative | Ray Sturgeon | 10,943 | 30.19 | +12.55 | – | |||
| Liberal | François Cloutier | 5,375 | 14.83 | -17.70 | – | |||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 1,212 | 3.34 | -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 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 15,249 | 45.49 | +10.98 | $91,893 | |||
| Liberal | Brent St. Denis | 10,902 | 32.53 | -5.65 | $90,379 | |||
| Conservative | Dianne Musgrove | 5,914 | 17.64 | -5.70 | $8,989 | |||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 1,451 | 4.32 | +1.65 | $5,448 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,516 | 100.00 | $97,228 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.52 | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,691 | 56.53 | ||||||
| New Democratic Party gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Brent St. Denis | 14,652 | 38.18 | −2.76 | $52,836 | |||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 13,244 | 34.51 | +2.82 | $51,642 | |||
| Conservative | Ian West | 8,957 | 23.34 | +0.13 | $65,745 | |||
| Green | Sarah Hutchinson | 1,025 | 2.67 | −1.40 | $647 | |||
| First Peoples National | Will Morin | 338 | 0.88 | – | $829 | |||
| Independent | Donald Polmateer | 164 | 0.43 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 38,380 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,596 | 63.99 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 60,311 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Brent St. Denis | 14,276 | 40.94 | |||||
| New Democratic | Carol Hughes | 11,051 | 31.69 | |||||
| Conservative | Blaine Armstrong | 8,093 | 23.21 | |||||
| Green | Lindsay Killen | 1,449 | 4.16 | |||||
| Total | 34,869 | 100.00 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Hughes breaks 73 year Liberal stranglehold", Mid-North Monitor.
- ^ "Hughes hails NDP showing" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Sault Star, May 3, 2011.
- ^ "Northern Ontario MP Carol Hughes Endorses Ashton for Leader". Local 2 News. January 31, 2012. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012.
- ^ "Speaker of the House of Commons - Carol Hughes". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ Patterson, Mike (April 4, 2024). "Rachel Blaney Will Not Run in Next Federal Election". My Cowichan Valley Now. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.