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. He worked as an attorney at Actus Law for over 25 years.
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. He worked as an attorney at Actus Law for over 25 years.
He is the past president of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He has referred to himself as a Red Tory, meaning there is a strong concern for social programs. Goguen ran for re-election in the 2015 federal election, placing second.
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, Timea Nagy, who was gang raped, if "the police authorities would have broken in and rescued you.
Nagy has since said "While Mr. Goguen’s question was awkward, I was not personally offended.".
Goguen was elected Member of Parliament for the Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe riding in the 2011 federal election, the first time a Conservative candidate had won the riding since 1988.
Would your freedom of expression have been breached?." Many considered the question to be inappropriate, but both Nagy and the minister defended the question.
Quotations: "While Mr. Goguen’s question was awkward, I was not personally offended.".
He represents the electoral district of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe as a member of the Conservative Party, and serves in the House of Commons as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General.