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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name             =Charlie Angus
| honorific-suffix ={{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}
| image            = Charlie Angus at convention 2023 2 (cropped).jpg
| riding           =[[Timmins—James Bay (federal electoral district)|Timmins—James Bay]]
| parliament       =Canadian
| term_start       =June 28, 2004
| term_end         =
| predecessor      =[[Réginald Bélair]]
|birth_name=Charles Joseph Angus
| birth_date       ={{birth date and age|1962|11|14}}
| birth_place      =[[Timmins]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date       =
| death_place      =
| party            =[[New Democratic Party]]
| spouse           ={{marriage|[[Brit Griffin]]|1986}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/35092_NDP.html |title=Angus, Charlie |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=28 June 2004 |access-date=26 October 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215020710/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/35092_NDP.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| residence        =[[Cobalt, Ontario]], Canada
| profession       ={{hlist | Writer | editor | broadcaster | musician}}
| website = {{official URL}}
|}}

'''Charles Joseph Angus''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian author, journalist, broadcaster, musician and politician. A member of the [[New Democratic Party]] (NDP), Angus has been the federal Member of Parliament for the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Timmins—James Bay (federal electoral district)|Timmins—James Bay]] since winning the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]]. He is the NDP critic for Ethics, Federal Economic Development, Initiative for [[Northern Ontario]], Indigenous Youth, Income Inequality and Affordability, and Deputy Critic for Labour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Your Elected New Democrats|url=https://www.ndp.ca/team|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Canada's NDP|language=en}}</ref>

Angus was a candidate for leadership of the federal NDP in the [[2017 New Democratic Party leadership election|2017 election]], where he received 19.4% of the vote.

He is the author of ''[[Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower]].''

==Early life, music, writing, and activism==
Angus was born in [[Timmins]], [[Ontario]],<ref name="Parlinfo">[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=50a18bf1-9be3-4563-b657-6af367453ba0 Parliamentarian Information Page. August 22, 2007]</ref> and moved to [[Toronto]] in 1973, where in 1980 he co-founded the [[punk rock]] band [[L'Étranger (band)|L'Étranger]] with childhood friend [[Andrew Cash]]. Angus performed bass and co-wrote many of the group's songs, which were influenced by the [[The Clash|Clash]] and the group's Catholic [[social justice]] roots.<ref name="punktopol">[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/987707--andrew-cash-from-punk-to-politics "Andrew Cash: From punk to politics"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', May 7, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-only-punk-band-ever-reunited-in-the-house-of-commons/ ‘The only punk band ever reunited in the House of Commons’]. ''Maclean's'', Philippe Gohier, May 9, 2011</ref> L'Étranger is best known for their anti-[[apartheid]] single "One People", one of the first independent videos to play on the then-new [[MuchMusic]].<ref name="canoe">{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130115070345/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/E/Etranger.html L'Étranger]}} at [[canoe.ca]]'s Canadian Pop Encyclopedia.</ref> Angus later co-founded the [[alternative folk]] group [[Grievous Angels]].<ref name="bio">About Charlie Angus Member for Timmins James Bay. Biography page from personal website. {{cite web|url=http://www.charlieangus.net/about.php |title=About Charlie Angus - MP for Timmins James Bay |access-date=2007-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009041429/http://www.charlieangus.net/about.php |archive-date=2007-10-09 }}</ref> He continues to perform with the group on occasion, and released a new album in 2021.<ref>Kerry Doole, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/grievous_angels_summer_before_the_storm_album_review "NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm'"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', January 13, 2021.</ref>

Angus was a community activist in Toronto in the 1980s where, along with his wife [[Brit Griffin]], he established a [[Catholic Worker Movement|Catholic Worker]] house and a homeless shelter for men, especially those who were minority refugees and former prisoners. He moved to [[Cobalt, Ontario|Cobalt]], Ontario, with his young family in 1990, and in 1995 Brit and Charlie launched ''[[HighGrader]]'', a magazine devoted to Northern Ontario life and culture.  In 1999, he received an award from the [[Northern Lights Festival Boréal]] in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] for his outstanding contributions to Northern Ontario culture.<ref name="bio" />

He is the author of eight published books, including an admiring biography of [[Les Costello]], the celebrated [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] player who left professional hockey to become a Catholic priest in Timmins.<ref name=":0">Charlie Angus. ''Les Costello: Canada's Flying Father''. 2005. Novalis.</ref> Angus's fifth book, ''Cage Call'', a photo documentary with photographer [[Louie Palu]], was released in 2007.

Angus is a progressive, social justice–oriented member of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], a supporter of the [[Catholic Worker Movement]], and was a longtime columnist for the progressive ''[[Catholic New Times]]''. He became increasingly involved in regional and then federal politics through his organizing efforts in opposition to the [[Adams Mine]] garbage proposal and the disposal of [[Polychlorinated biphenyl|PCBs]] in Northern Ontario.

From 2000 to 2004, Angus served as a trustee on the [[Northeastern Catholic District School Board]].<ref name="Parlinfo"/>

==Federal politics==
[[File:MP Charlie Angus.jpg|thumb|left|Angus in 2012]]

Angus entered federal politics in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]] as the successful [[New Democratic Party]] candidate in the Ontario riding of [[Timmins—James Bay (federal electoral district)|Timmins-James Bay]], winning election to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] by fewer than 600 votes. He was re-elected in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]] with an outright majority, over six thousand votes ahead of [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] challenger Robert Riopelle. Angus was the NDP [[shadow minister|parliamentary critic]] for [[Department of Canadian Heritage|Canadian Heritage]] from 2004 to 2007, and was additionally critic for agriculture from 2004 to 2006.

In 2005, his parish priest, Father John Lemire, confronted him and threatened to deny him [[Communion (Christianity)|Holy Communion]] if he voted with the government and his party to legalize [[same-sex marriage in Canada|same-sex marriage]] by Act of Parliament. Angus stood his ground and was denied communion. <!-- Not excommunicated in the sense that that word implies. By the way does he still attend the same church? -->Angus' treatment provoked widespread public reaction both from those who supported the church's stance, and those who supported Angus.<ref>[http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2005/march/7/same-sex/&c=1 Francoli, Paco. "NDP MP Angus warned by priest he'll be refused holy communion". ''The Hill Times''. March 7, 2005]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051004054335/http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=%2F2005%2Fmarch%2F7%2Fsame-sex%2F&c=1 |date=October 4, 2005 }}</ref>

He has worked extensively on [[community development]] projects with Canada's [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]], working as a negotiator and consultant for the Algonquin Nation of Quebec. He also played a prominent role in calling national attention to the [[Kashechewan First Nation|Kashechewan]] crisis of 2005.

In 2007 he became the [[New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 39th Parliament of Canada|NDP critic]] for [[Public Services and Procurement Canada|Public Works]] and [[Treasury Board]], as well as the NDP spokesman for digital issues such as [[copyright]] and [[internet neutrality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ndp-calls-for-net-neutrality-1.740683|title=NDP calls for net neutrality|work=CBC News|date=April 21, 2008|access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref>

In 2006, after he had served just two years as a Member of Parliament, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' selected Angus as one of the ten most effective opposition MPs. He also won "Best Constituent Representative" at the 2007 ''[[Maclean's]]'' Parliamentarian of the Year Awards. Angus was re-elected in the federal elections of both [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]] and [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]. Angus also served as the party's spokesperson on privacy, ethics, and government accountability. Angus voted against a bill to abolish the [[Canadian Firearms Registry]] in September 2010.<ref name="Sticks">{{Cite news |last=DeSouza |first=Mike |title=NDP rejects responsibility for killing gun registry |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/give+long+registry+target/3518033/story.html |newspaper=[[National Post]] |date=2010-09-13 |access-date=2011-03-29}}</ref> Although the registry is unpopular with many of his constituents, Angus voted against its abolition based on supportive studies provided by police. He subsequently introduced a [[private member's bill]] to reform the registry.<ref>{{cite web|first=Janice|last=Tibbetts|url=http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=76f2da1f-f268-4831-90ee-3d9fa426099b|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140530033524/http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=76f2da1f-f268-4831-90ee-3d9fa426099b|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2014|title=NDP offers gun law compromise|work=Edmonton Journal|date=October 8, 2010|access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref>

He was named to ''[[Maclean's]]'' magazine's Power List in 2012 as one of the 25 most influential Canadians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/25-most-important-people-in-ottawa/#charlie|title=The 25 most important people in Ottawa: Charlie Angus|work=Maclean's|date=November 27, 2012|access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref> The same year, ''Zoomer Magazine'' chose him as the third most influential Canadian over the age of 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timminstimes.com/2012/09/20/zoomer-magazine-has-kudos-for-charlie-angus/|title=Zoomer Magazine has kudos for Charlie Angus|work=Timmins Times|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=2014-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024080407/http://www.timminstimes.com/2012/09/20/zoomer-magazine-has-kudos-for-charlie-angus/|archive-date=October 24, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, [[CTV News Channel (Canada)|CTV News Channel]]'s ''[[Power Play (Canadian political affairs series)|Power Play]]'' placed him among the top three MPs of the year, along with the then [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], [[Stephen Harper]], and NDP leader [[Jack Layton]].

Angus has been an advocate for the rights of First Nations children and was the co-founder of the [[Shannen's Dream]] campaign, named in honour of the late Cree youth leader Shannen Koostachin, whom Angus fought with to build a new elementary school for her community. In early 2012, Angus' parliamentary motion "Shannen's Dream" calling for an end to the systemic under-funding of First Nation education passed unanimously through the House of Commons.

After the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]], he was appointed NDP critic for [[Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs|Indigenous and Northern Affairs]] in the [[42nd Canadian Parliament]] and elected Caucus Chair in January 2016.<ref name="NDP 42nd Critics">{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-critics-list-mulcair-thursday-1.3315431 | title=Tom Mulcair taps Nathan Cullen, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron for top critic roles | publisher=[[The Canadian Press]] | work=[[CBC News]] | date=12 November 2015 | access-date=12 November 2015 | author=Kirkup, Kristy}}</ref> He was also a member of the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGregor|first1=Janyce|title=Meet the Commons committees of the 42nd Parliament|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/house-commons-standing-committees-list-1.3425906|work=CBC News |date=30 January 2016 |access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> He resigned from both roles on November 23, 2016, in to prepare for the 2017 [[2017 New Democratic Party leadership election|New Democratic Party leadership race]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/angus-leadership-run-1.3863515 |title=Angus steps down as NDP caucus chair, considers leadership run |work=CBC News |first=Kristy |last=Kirkup |agency=The Canadian Press |date=23 November 2016 |access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>  On February 20, 2017, Angus officially registered to run in the NDP leadership race to replace [[Tom Mulcair]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&document=ndp16&dir=lea/dat&lang=e|title=Information on Leadership Contests|website=Elections Canada|language=en|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> He placed second with 19.4% of the vote, losing to then Ontario provincial politician [[Jagmeet Singh]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ballingball|first1=Alex|title=Jagmeet Singh wins the NDP leadership race|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/10/01/jagmeet-singh-wins-the-ndp-leadership-race.html|access-date=1 October 2017|publisher=The Toronto Star|date=1 October 2017}}</ref> MPs [[Niki Ashton]] and [[Guy Caron]] respectively came in third and fourth.

Angus was re-elected in the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]] and [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal elections]].

==Works==
* ''We Lived a Life and Then Some'' with [[Brit Griffin]], Sally Lawrence, and [[Rob Moir (musician)|Rob Moir]]. [[Between the Lines Books]], 1996. {{ISBN|1-896357-06-7}}.<ref>Search List from Amazon Books. www.Amazon.ca. 2007.</ref>
* ''Industrial Cathedrals of the North'', with [[Louie Palu]] and [[Marguerite Andersen]]. Between the Lines, 1999. {{ISBN|1-896357-18-0}}.
* ''Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine Frontier'', with Louie Palu. Between the Lines, 2001. {{ISBN|1-896357-49-0}}.
* ''Les Costello: Canada's Flying Father''. Novalis, 2005. {{ISBN|2-89507-631-6}}.
* ''Cage Call'', with Louie Palu. Photolucida, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-934334-02-7}}.
* ''Unlikely Radicals''. Between the Lines, 2013. {{ISBN|9781771130400}}.
* ''Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream''. [[University of Regina Press]], 2015. {{ISBN|978-0889774018}}.
* ''[[Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower]], [[House of Anansi Press]],'' 2022, {{isbn|978-1487009496}}

==Honours and awards==
Angus was selected as "Best Mentor" during [[Maclean's|Macleans]] 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year award and was also the 2007 winner for "Best represents constituents".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The winners of the Maclean's Parliamentarians of the Year Awards - Macleans.ca|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-winners-of-the-macleans-parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.macleans.ca}}</ref> He was also a finalist for "Most knowledgeable".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The finalists for the Maclean's Parliamentarians of the Year Awards - Macleans.ca|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-finalists-for-the-macleans-parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.macleans.ca}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2021|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charlie Angus|12,132|35.1|-5.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Morgan Ellerton|9,393|27.2|+0.2}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Steve Black (politician)|Steve Black]]|8,508|24.6|-1.1}}
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Stephen MacLeod|4,537|13.1|+9.7}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|34,570}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|355}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|34,925|55.40}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|63,041}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Voting Results |url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e |website=[[Elections Canada]] |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{end}}

{{2019 Canadian federal election/Timmins—James Bay}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charlie Angus|15,974|42.85|-7.1|$73,519.39}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Todd Lever|12,940|34.72|+18.74|$35,151.97}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|John P. Curley|7,605|20.40|-11.48|$37,300.73}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Max Kennedy|752|2.02|-0.18|$520.54}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|37,271|100.0 &nbsp;|&nbsp;|$245,251.56}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|266|&ndash;|&ndash;}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|37,537|61.84|+10.84}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|60,692}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|NDP|-12.89}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35107&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Timmins—James Bay, 30 September 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=2015-08-15 }}</ref>}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charlie Angus|16,738|50.4|-6.1|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bill Greenberg|10,526|31.7|+13.5|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marilyn Wood|5,230|15.7|-6.5|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Lisa Bennett|724|2.2|-0.9|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|33,218 |100.0|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 184| 0.6| +0.1| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 33,402	| 56.5| +5.5| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| 	59,136	|–|–| }}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charlie Angus |17,188 |56.5 |+6.0|$63,948 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Paul Taillefer |6,740 |22.2 |-12.1|$ 31,909}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Bill Greenberg |5,536 |18.2 |+4.6|$29,651 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Larry Verner|938 |3.1|+1.5|$133 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|30,402 |100.0|-|$97,746 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|133 |0.4 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 30,535| 51.0}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charlie Angus|19,150|50.5|+9.1}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Robert Riopelle |13,028|34.3|-5.3}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Ken Graham|5,164|13.6|-3.1}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Sahaja Freed|610|1.6|-0.7}}
{{Canadian election result/total|valid votes|37,952|100.0}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|NDP|+7.2}}
{{End}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charlie Angus|14,138|41.4|+19.7}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Ray Chénier]] |13,525|39.6|-14.9}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Andrew Van Oosten|5,682|16.7|-6.2}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Marsha Gail Kriss|767|2.3| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes||34,112|100.0}}
{{end}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008065326/http://parl.howdtheyvote.ca/39-1/members/11 How'd They Vote?: Charlie Angus's voting history and quotes]
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7131}}

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