Robert Aubin (born May 26, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Trois-Rivières from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the New Democratic Party.
Robert Aubin | |
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| Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Paule Brunelle |
| Succeeded by | Louise Charbonneau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 26, 1960 Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Université Laval |
| Profession | Musician, teacher, politician |
Background and education edit
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Aubin has a diploma in geography from Université Laval and a degree in music and education from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
At the time of his election, he had been a teacher at the Séminaire St-Joseph for nearly 25 years. He has also been a musician.
Political career edit
Aubin was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election[1] and was re-elected in 2015. After the 2015 election, Aubin was appointed the NDP critic for International development and La Francophonie in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.[2]
In the 2012 NDP leadership election, he supported Tom Mulcair.[3] In the 2017 NDP leadership election, Aubin initially supported Peter Julian,[4] then switched his support to Guy Caron after Julian withdrew from the race.[5]
Aubin lost his seat in the 2019 federal election, falling to fourth place.[6]
Electoral record edit
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louise Charbonneau | 17,240 | 28.48 | +11.48 | $19,118.47 | |||
| Liberal | Valérie Renaud-Martin | 15,774 | 26.06 | -4.16 | $59,713.01 | |||
| Conservative | Yves Lévesque | 15,240 | 25.17 | +6.54 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Aubin | 10,090 | 16.67 | -15.16 | none listed | |||
| Green | Marie Duplessis | 1,492 | 2.46 | +0.75 | none listed | |||
| People's | Marc-André Gingras | 565 | 0.93 | – | $5,574.25 | |||
| Independent | Ronald St-Onge Lynch | 137 | 0.23 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,538 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,092 | 1.77 | ||||||
| Turnout | 61,630 | 66.73 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,362 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +7.82 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Aubin | 19,193 | 31.83 | -17.87 | $59,109.30 | |||
| Liberal | Yvon Boivin | 18,224 | 30.22 | +20.19 | $33,318.95 | |||
| Conservative | Dominic Therrien | 11,231 | 18.63 | +5.48 | $88,781.37 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | André Valois | 10,249 | 17.00 | -7.21 | $37,874.56 | |||
| Green | Éric Trottier | 1,032 | 1.71 | -0.18 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Maxime Rousseau | 360 | 0.6 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,289 | 100.0 | $232,803.19 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 940 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 61,229 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 90,900 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Aubin | 26,981 | 53.57 | +44.39 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Paule Brunelle | 11,987 | 23.80 | -21.46 | ||||
| Conservative | Pierre Lacroix | 6,205 | 12.32 | -11.92 | ||||
| Liberal | Patrice Mangin | 3,617 | 7.18 | -11.01 | ||||
| Green | Louis Lacroix | 972 | 1.93 | -1.18 | ||||
| Independent | Marc-André Fortin | 346 | 0.69 | – | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Francis Arsenault | 256 | 0.51 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,364 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 889 | 1.73 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 51,253 | 64.59 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,346 | – | – | |||||
References edit
- ^ Election 2011: Trois-Rivières. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
- ^ Kirkup, Kristy (12 November 2015). "Tom Mulcair taps Nathan Cullen, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron for top critic roles". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ Payton, Laura (15 September 2011). "MPs line up behind early NDP leadership favourites". CBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Marquis, Mélanie (February 20, 2017). "NPD: Peter Julian fera campagne en s'opposant à Énergie Est". La Presse. Canadian Press. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017.
- ^ Guy Caron [@GuyCaronNPD] (August 24, 2017). "Very proud to announce the support of Québec Caucus chair, @RobertAubinNPD. Thank you Robert! #NDPLdr" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Cossette, Jonathan (October 22, 2019). "Robert Aubin détrôné après 8 ans de services". L'Hebdo Journal. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Trois-Rivières, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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