Marc G. Serré MP (born January 28, 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[2] He is the son of Gaetan Serré, who represented Nickel Belt from 1968 to 1972 under the government of Pierre Trudeau,[3] and the nephew of another former Liberal Member of Parliament Benoît Serré.
Marc Serré | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Claude Gravelle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 27, 1967 Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Parent | Jeannine Serré & Gaetan Serré |
| Residence | Verner, Ontario[1] |
| Education | Laurentian University |
| Website | https://voteserre.ca |
Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Serré was manager of business services for EastLink's operations in Ontario,[4] and served on the municipal council of West Nipissing and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.[5] He was a candidate for mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2010 municipal election,[5] but withdrew his candidacy in advance of election day.[6]
In the House of Commons he has served as Parliamentary Secretary. He was also the co-chair of the Indigenous Caucus with MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette. He was part of the largest Indigenous caucus in Canadian history elected in 2015.
Offices and roles as a parliamentarian
edit| 42nd | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development | January 29, 2019 | September 11, 2019 |
| 43rd | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources | March 19, 2021 | August 15, 2021 |
| 44th | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages | December 3, 2021 | November 30, 2022 |
| 44th | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages | December 1, 2022 | September 17, 2023 |
| 44th | Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council | December 3, 2021 | |
| 44th | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and to the Minister of Official Languages | September 18, 2023 |
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Serré | 17,353 | 35.2 | -3.8 | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Humphrey | 13,425 | 27.2 | +6.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andréane Chénier | 13,137 | 26.6 | -8.6 | ||||
| People's | David Hobbs | 4,558 | 9.2 | +6.8 | ||||
| Green | Craig Gravelle | 848 | 1.7 | -3.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,321 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 364 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,685 | 63.84 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,823 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Serré | 19,046 | 38.99 | -3.81 | $96,428.93 | |||
| New Democratic | Stéphane Paquette | 15,656 | 32.05 | -5.73 | $18,983.01 | |||
| Conservative | Aino Laamanen | 10,343 | 21.17 | +4.43 | $7,684.88 | |||
| Green | Casey Lalonde | 2,644 | 5.41 | +2.93 | none listed | |||
| People's | Mikko Paavola | 1,159 | 2.37 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,848 | 99.39 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 298 | 0.61 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,146 | 64.17 | -2.94 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,585 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.96 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Serré | 21,021 | 42.80 | +28.74 | $39,869.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Claude Gravelle | 18,556 | 37.78 | -17.20 | $94,855.24 | |||
| Conservative | Aino Laamanen | 8,221 | 16.74 | -11.29 | $14,060.79 | |||
| Green | Stuart McCall | 1,217 | 2.48 | -0.31 | $3,772.22 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dave Starbuck | 98 | 0.20 | +0.07 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,113 | 100.00 | $233,625.58 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.39 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,305 | 67.70 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,828 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +22.97 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "NDP out in Sudbury, Nickel Belt, but keep Timmins-James Bay, Algoma-Manitoulin". CBC Sudbury, October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Serre returns Nickel Belt to Liberals". Sudbury Star, October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Serre gets nod in Nickel Belt". Sudbury Star, February 22, 2015.
- ^ a b "Mayor's race getting pretty crowded". Sudbury Star, August 18, 2010.
- ^ "Callaghan faces uphill battle if he wants to unseat Rodriguez". Sudbury Star, September 11, 2010.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nickel Belt, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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