Yvon Godin

Yvon Godin
Member of Parliament for Acadie—Bathurst
Incumbent
Assumed office 1997
Preceded by	Doug Young
Personal details
Born	May 12, 1955 (1955-05-12) Bathurst, New Brunswick
Political party	NDP
Spouse(s)	Lyna Mainville
Residence	Bathurst, New Brunswick
Profession	labour representative
Website	http://yvongodin.ndp.ca/

Yvon Godin (born May 12, 1955 in Bathurst, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician.

Godin is currently a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst since 1997. Previously, Godin was a labour representative for the United Steelworkers. He is the NDP critic for Labour and Official Languages.

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

Involvement with the New Brunswick NDP

As federal MP, Godin had a strained relationship with former New Democratic Party of New Brunswick 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.

Electoral Record

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	32,067	69.69	+12.27
	Conservative	Louis Robichaud	7,456	16.20	-2.39
	Liberal	Jean Marie Gionet	6,491	14.11	-7.86
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,014	100.00	$82,557
Total rejected ballots			595	1.33
Turnout			46,609	70.71
Electors on the lists			65,915
	NDP hold		Swing	+7.33

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	25,740	57.4
	Liberal	Odette Robichaud	9,850	22.0
	Conservative	Jean-Guy Dubé	8,336	18.6
	Green	Michelle Aubin	904	2.0
Total valid votes			44,830

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	25,195	49.90	-8.28
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	15,504	30.71	+3.34
	Conservative	Serge Savoie	8,513	16.86	+5.05
	Green	Philippe Rouselle	699	1.38	-1.27
	Independent	Eric Landry	362	0.72	Ø
	Independent	Ulric Degrace	219	0.43	Ø
Total valid votes			50,492

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	23,857	58.18	+11.57
	Liberal	Serge Rousselle	11,222	27.37	-12.90
	Conservative	Joel Bernard	4,841	11.81	-1.32
	Green	David Fullerton	1,085	2.65	Ø
Total valid votes			41,005

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	23,568	46.61	+6.08
	Liberal	Bernard Thériault	20,362	40.27	+4.91
	Progressive Conservative	Alcide Leger	4,321	8.55	-15.56
	Alliance	Jean Gauvin	2,314	4.58	Ø
Total valid votes			50,565

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Yvon Godin	21,113	40.53	+34.57
	Liberal	Doug Young	18,421	35.36	-30.99
	Progressive Conservative	Norma Landry	12,560	24.11	-3.58
Total valid votes			52,094

External links

• Yvon Godin - Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Doug Young, Liberal	Member of Parliament for Acadie—Bathurst 1997–present	Incumbent
Persondata
Name	Godin, Yvon
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	May 12, 1955
Place of birth	Bathurst, New Brunswick
Date of death
Place of death