Carol Hughes (politician)

Carol Hughes
MP
Carol Hughes MP
Member of Parliament; for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Brent St. Denis
Assistant Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 7, 2015
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1958 (age 65); Val Caron, Ontario
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Keith Hughes
Residence	Hanmer, Ontario
Profession	CLC Staff Representative
Website	https://carolhughes.ndp.ca/

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.

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

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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.

v t e 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