Carol Hughes (politician)

Carol Hughes MP
Member of Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Incumbent
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. She won the riding in that election, and was re-elected in the 2011 election.

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

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Carol Hughes	16,883	41.6	+1.71
	Conservative	Dave Williamson	10,625	26.2	+2.52
	Liberal	Heather Wilson	9,879	24.3	-9.74
	Green	Max Chapman	2,192	5.4	+3.09
	People's	Dave Delisle	887	2.2	new
	Rhinoceros	Le Marquis de Marmalade	123	0.3	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,591	100.0
Total rejected ballots			384
Turnout			40,975	62.6
Eligible voters			65,420
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.41
Source: Elections Canada

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	100.00		$247,218.89
Total rejected ballots			161	0.39	–
Turnout			41,535	66.32
Eligible voters			62,625
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.84
Source: Elections Canada

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

* Preliminary results

2004 Canadian federal election
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	–

External links

• Carol Hughes (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography