{{Short description|Canadian politician (1947–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Bob Huget | parliament1 = Ontario Provincial | term_start1 = September 6, 1990 | term_end1 = April 28, 1995 | predecessor1 = Andy Brandt | successor1 = Dave Boushy | riding1 = Sarnia | party = Ontario New Democratic Party | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|05|28}} | birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2022|6|1|1951|5|28}} }} | death_place = Hamilton, Ontario | spouse = | profession = Businessman | portfolio = Minister without portfolio (1994–1995) }} '''Robert''' "'''Bob'''" '''Huget''' (May 28, 1947 – June 1, 2022)<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert John "Bob" Huget|date=June 14, 2022 |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thespec/name/robert-huget-obituary?pid=202189270 |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator}}</ref> was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
== Background == Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Huget was involved in the labour movement, serving as president and vice-president of Energy and Chemical Workers Union Local 800,<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A7h7cJTYrdMC&q=bob+huget+ecwu&pg=PA144 |title = The new unionism: employee ... |author = Charles C. Heckscher |year = 1996 |isbn = 0801483573 |accessdate = 14 October 2011 }}</ref> and as a representative to the Sarnia District Labour Council.
== Politics == He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Mike Bradley by over 2,000 votes in the riding of Sarnia.<ref name="1990 results">{{cite news |title = Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper = The Globe and Mail |date = 7 September 1990 |page = A12 }}</ref> He served as a parliamentary assistant from 1991 to 18 August 1994, when he was promoted to the position of minister without portfolio responsible for Economic Development and Trade.
The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Huget finished third in Sarnia in a close three-way race.<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url = http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=sarnia&flag=E&layout=G |title = Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher = Elections Ontario |date = 8 June 1995 |accessdate = 2 March 2014 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160110192510/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=sarnia&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate = 10 January 2016 }}</ref>
== Later life == After his defeat, Huget became administrative vice-president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and chair of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum.<ref>[http://www.cep591g.com/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=322] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028192111/http://www.cep591g.com/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=322 |date=28 October 2009 }}</ref> In 2003, he was a prominent opponent of Petro-Canada's decision to close its plant in Oakville.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cep1123.bc.ca/News/MediaRelease/MediaSept03.html |title = CEP 1123 - CEP Media Releases - September 2003 |accessdate = 31 December 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050114072237/http://www.cep1123.bc.ca/News/MediaRelease/MediaSept03.html |archivedate = 14 January 2005 }}</ref> Huget died June 1, 2022, in hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, according to an obituary.
==Electoral record== {{CANelec/top|ON|1995|Sarnia (provincial electoral district)|Sarnia|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|ON|PC|David Boushy|9,260|33.81|+12.62}} {{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Joan Link|8,626|31.49|+2.63}} {{CANelec|ON|NDP|'''Bob Huget'''|7,487|27.33|-9.38}} {{CANelec|ON|FCP|Ron Raes|1,642|5.99|-3.11}} {{CANelec|ON|Independent|Anthony Barbato|217|0.79|–}} {{CANelec|ON|Independent|Andrew Falby|159|0.58|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|27,391}} {{End}}
{{CANelec/top|ON|1990|Sarnia (provincial electoral district)|Sarnia|percent=yes}} {{CANelec|ON|NDP|'''Bob Huget'''|10,860|36.71}} {{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Mike Bradley|8,540|28.86}} {{CANelec|ON|PC|Mike Stark|6,269|21.19}} {{CANelec|ON|FCP|Terry Burrell|2,691|9.10}} {{CANelec|ON|CoR|Bill Ferguson|652|2.20}} {{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Margaret Coe|574|1.94}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|29,586}} {{End}}
== References == {{reflist}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Canada|Politics}}
== External links == * {{Ontario MPP biography|id=bob-huget}}
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