Yvon Godin

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Yvon Godin
Yvon Godin in 2014
Shadow Minister for Labour
In office
May 26, 2011 – April 18, 2012
LeaderJack Layton
Nycole Turmel
Preceded byMaria Minna
Succeeded byAlexandre Boulerice
Member of Parliament
for Acadie—Bathurst
In office
June 2, 1997 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byDoug Young
Succeeded bySerge Cormier
Personal details
Born (1955-05-12) May 12, 1955 (age 69)
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Political partyNew Democratic
SpouseLyna Mainville
Residence(s)Bathurst, New Brunswick
Professionminer, labour representative
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20110623045024/http://yvongodin.ndp.ca:80/

Yvon Godin (born May 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician.

Godin was a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. Previously, Godin was a labour representative for the United Steelworkers. He was the NDP critic for Labour and Official Languages in his last term in parliament.

In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to lead the NDP.

Involvement with the New Brunswick NDP

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As federal MP, Godin had a strained relationship with former New Brunswick New Democratic Party leader Elizabeth Weir. Following her resignation in 2005, however, there were rumours that Godin might resign his federal seat and run to replace her as provincial party leader at the party's 2005 leadership convention. Ultimately, Godin declined to stand as a candidate, and Allison Brewer was elected NB NDP leader.

Following a poor showing in the 2006 New Brunswick provincial election, Brewer also resigned, and there were renewed rumours Godin would seek the leadership. However Godin demurred again, instead endorsing former priest Roger Duguay. Duguay had run in the provincial riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac in the last provincial election, and received 26.2% of the vote, the best showing of any NDP candidate. The Miramichi Bay-Neguac riding overlaps with Godin's federal riding. Duguay was subsequently elected leader at the party's October 13, 2007 leadership convention but resigned after a disappointing result in the 2010 provincial election

Godin also had a strained relationship with Duguay's successor, Dominic Cardy. Following the 2014 provincial election, Godin criticized Cardy's leadership saying that Cardy had moved the provincial party too far to the centre. "The problem, I think, with the provincial party, with Dominic, was that I think he was too much to the right to even be in the centre, and I think people read into that," said Godin who added: "I think it did hurt the party. People were looking for the NDP, they were doing really well, and [voters] wanted change from the existing parties that we have now, who are serving the big corporations and forgetting about the people. I think that's what happened."[1] Cardy retorted by accusing Godin of failing to involve himself in the development of the provincial party's platform, saying "He's never been to a provincial party meeting during my time as leader."[1]

Claim of breached privilege

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In September 2014, Godin claimed that his privileges as a Member were breached when he was delayed in accessing the Parliamentary precinct during an official visit by German President Joachim Guack. In a committee meeting on October 21, video evidence was presented that showed Godin was delayed in crossing the street by just 70 seconds. In response, Godin demanded to know whether the video had been sped up.[2]

Electoral record

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2011 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Yvon Godin 32,067 69.69 +12.27 $59,706.29
Conservative Louis Robichaud 7,456 16.20 -2.39 $30,447.79
Liberal Jean Marie Gionet 6,491 14.11 -7.86 $50,735.74
Total valid votes/expense limit 46,014 100.0     $82,556.86
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 595 1.33 +0.21
Turnout 46,609 70.30 +1.98
Eligible voters 66,298
New Democratic hold Swing +7.33
Sources:[3][4]
2008 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Yvon Godin 25,849 57.53 +7.63 $57,376.65
Liberal Odette Robichaud 9,850 21.92 -8.79 $32,225.33
Conservative Jean-Guy Dubé 8,331 18.54 +1.68 $67,790.01
Green Michelle Aubin 904 2.01 +0.63 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,934 100.0     $80,066
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 507 1.12 +0.09
Turnout 45,441 68.32 -7.14
Eligible voters 66,509
New Democratic hold Swing +8.21
2006 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Yvon Godin 25,195 49.90 -4.03 $69,502.02
Liberal Marcelle Mersereau 15,504 30.71 -1.96 $65,035.20
Conservative Serge Savoie 8,513 16.86 +5.92 $54,729.58
Green Philippe Rouselle 699 1.38 -1.07 $774.79
Independent Eric Landry 362 0.72 – $2,613.63
Independent Ulric Degrâce 219 0.43 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,492 100.0     $74,710
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 523 1.03 -0.15
Turnout 51,015 75.46 +5.08
Eligible voters 67,608
New Democratic hold Swing -1.04
2004 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Yvon Godin 23,857 53.93 +7.26 $61,745.98
Liberal Serge Rousselle 14,452 32.67 -7.75 $60,252.15
Conservative Joel Bernard 4,841 10.94 -1.97 $51,943.73
Green Mario Lanteigne 1,085 2.45 – $7,040.66
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,235 100.0     $71,582
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 527 1.18 -0.04
Turnout 44,762 70.38 -4.99
Eligible voters 63,603
New Democratic notional hold Swing +7.50
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Yvon Godin 23,568 46.61 +6.08 $57,177
Liberal Bernard Thériault 20,362 40.27 +4.91 $58,623
Progressive Conservative Alcide Leger 4,321 8.55 -15.56 $36,600
Alliance Jean Gauvin 2,314 4.58 – $45,973
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,565 100.00 $63,209
Total rejected ballots 624 1.22 -1.25
Turnout 51,189 75.37 -3.28
Electors on the lists 67,918 – –
  NDP hold Swing +0.59
1997 Canadian federal election: Acadie—Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Yvon Godin 21,113 40.53 +34.57 $56,390
Liberal Doug Young 18,421 35.36 -30.99 $53,440
Progressive Conservative Norma Landry 12,560 24.11 -3.58 $51,562
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,094 100.00 $60,877
Total rejected ballots 1,318 2.47 –
Turnout 53,412 78.65 –
Electors on the lists 67,912 – –
  NDP gain from Liberal Swing +32.8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yvon Godin criticizes Dominic Cardy's NDP campaign tactics". CBC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ "RCMP commissioner tells MPS to make way for motorcades | CBC News".
  3. ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  4. ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
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