Yvon Godin

Yvon Godin
Yvon Godin in 2014
Shadow Minister for Labour
In office
May 26, 2011 – April 18, 2012
LeaderJack Layton
Nycole Turmel
Preceded byMaria Minna
Succeeded byAlexandre Boulerice
Member of Parliament
for Acadie—Bathurst
In office
June 2, 1997 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byDoug Young
Succeeded bySerge Cormier
Personal details
Born (1955-05-12) May 12, 1955 (age 69)
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Political partyNew Democratic
SpouseLyna Mainville
Residence(s)Bathurst, New Brunswick
Professionminer, labour representative
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20110623045024/http://yvongodin.ndp.ca:80/

Yvon Godin (born May 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician.

Godin was a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. Previously, Godin was a labour representative for the United Steelworkers. He was the NDP critic for Labour and Official Languages in his last term in parliament.

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