Robert Aubin

Not to be confused with Robert Aubin, a Communist candidate in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the 1998 Quebec general election.

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
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	(1960-05-26) May 26, 1960 (age 65) 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

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

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

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières
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
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	–	–