{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{pp-pc}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Robert Goguen | honorific_suffix = [[King's Counsel|KC]] | image = Robert Goguen.JPG | image_size = 200px | office = Member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for [[Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe]] | term_start = May 2, 2011 | term_end = August 4, 2015 | predecessor = [[Brian Murphy (politician)|Brian Murphy]] | successor = [[Ginette Petitpas Taylor]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|01|24}} | birth_place = [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]] | death_date = | death_place = | profession = Attorney | party = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''Robert R. Goguen''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}} (born January 24, 1957) is a former Canadian politician who served in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 election]] to the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]]. He represented the electoral district of [[Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe]] as a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]]. He served in the House of Commons as [[parliamentary secretary]] to the [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice and Attorney-General]]. He is the past president of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick]]
== Education == Goguen graduated from the [[Université de Moncton]] in 1980 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. He then graduated in 1983 from the Université de Moncton with a law degree.<ref name="ActusLawBio">{{cite web |url=https://actuslaw.ca/robert-bio |url-status=live |title=Robert Goguen, K.C. – Partner |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website= |publisher=Actus Law |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113171007/http://actuslaw.ca/robert-bio/ |archive-date=January 13, 2019 |access-date=March 2, 2024 |quote=}}</ref> He worked as an attorney at Actus Law for over 25 years.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
== Political career == Goguen is the past president of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pcnb.ca/executive/ |url-status=dead |title=Executive |author=<!--not stated--> |date=<!--not stated--> |website= |publisher=Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802184808/http://pcnb.ca/executive/ |archive-date=August 2, 2014 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |quote=}}</ref>
Goguen was elected [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe]] riding in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/battleground-atlantic-canada-tories-look-for-comeback|title=Battleground Atlantic Canada: Liberals crushed|work=National Post|date=May 2, 2011|access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> the first time a Conservative candidate had won the riding since 1988.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=October 14, 2015 |title=Conservatives seek to hold Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-riverview-dieppe-riding-federal-election-1.3270093 |url-status=live |work=[[CBC News]] |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129150025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-riverview-dieppe-riding-federal-election-1.3270093 |archive-date=November 29, 2015 |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref> He served as [[parliamentary secretary]] to the [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice and Attorney-General]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=17858 |title=Robert Goguen, M.P. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website= Parlinfo |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=March 2, 2024 |quote=}}</ref> Goguen ran for re-election in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]], placing second.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-liberal-ginette-petitpas-taylor-1.3278867 |title=Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe turns to Liberal Ginette Petitpas Taylor |date=October 19, 2015 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |accessdate=October 19, 2015 |quote=The Liberals wrestled the riding of Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe back from the Conservatives in Monday's federal election, with Ginette Petitpas Taylor capturing the riding from Conservative Robert Goguen... Goguen captured the seat in 2011, securing it for the Conservatives for the first time in 23 years.}}</ref>
=== Controversy === Goguen was the subject of press attention in July 2014 after comments at a meeting of the House of Commons Justice Committee, when he asked a woman, [[Tímea Nagy (activist)|Tímea Nagy]], who was gang raped, if "the police authorities would have broken in and rescued you. Would your freedom of expression have been breached?."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/timea-nagy-not-offended-by-tory-mp-robert-goguen-s-rape-questions-1.2701228|title=Timea Nagy not offended by Tory MP Robert Goguen's rape questions|publisher=CBC News|date=July 9, 2014|accessdate=October 21, 2015}}</ref> Many considered the question to be inappropriate, but both Nagy and the minister defended the question.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kate|last=Heartfield|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/meet-robert-goguen-the-conservative-mp-who-turned-rape-into-a-bad-joke|title=Meet Robert Goguen, the Conservative MP who turned rape into a bad joke|work=National Post|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=October 21, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140709181827/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/07/09/meet-robert-goguen-the-conservative-mp-who-turned-rape-into-a-bad-joke/|archive-date=July 9, 2014}}</ref> Nagy has since said "I believe that MP Goguen’s question was awkward, but it was taken out of context. I was not personally offended."<ref>{{cite news |last=Payton |first=Laura |date=July 9, 2014 |title=Timea Nagy not offended by Tory MP Robert Goguen's rape questions |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/timea-nagy-not-offended-by-tory-mp-robert-goguen-s-rape-questions-1.2701228 |url-status=live |work=[[CBC News]] |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813075858/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/timea-nagy-not-offended-by-tory-mp-robert-goguen-s-rape-questions-1.2701228 |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=March 2, 2024}}</ref>
== Personal life == Following his election defeat, Goguen returned to Actus Law. He and his wife Lori have three children.<ref name="ActusLawBio"/>
== Electoral history == {{2015 Canadian federal election/Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe}} {{2011 Canadian federal election/Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=17858}}
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