Marc Serré

Marc Serré MP (born January 28th 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 MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Nickel Belt
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Claude Gravelle
Personal details
Born	1966/1967 (age 53–54)[1] Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Education	Laurentian University

Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Serré was manager of business services for EastLink's operations in Ontario,[1] and served on the municipal council of West Nipissing and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.[4] He was a candidate for mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2010 municipal election,[4] but withdrew his candidacy in advance of election day.[5]

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.

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marc Serré	19,046	39.0	-3.80
	New Democratic	Stéphane Paquette	15,656	32.1	-5.68
	Conservative	Aino Laamanen	10,343	21.2	+4.54
	Green	Casey Lalonde	2,644	5.4	+2.92
	People's	Mikko Paavola	1,159	2.4	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,848	100.0
Total rejected ballots			298
Turnout			49,146	64.7
Eligible voters			75,971
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.94
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

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[8][9]

References

1. "Serre gets nod in Nickel Belt". Sudbury Star, February 22, 2015.
2. "NDP out in Sudbury, Nickel Belt, but keep Timmins-James Bay, Algoma-Manitoulin". CBC Sudbury, October 19, 2015.
3. "Serre returns Nickel Belt to Liberals". Sudbury Star, October 19, 2015.
4. "Mayor's race getting pretty crowded". Sudbury Star, August 18, 2010.
5. "Callaghan faces uphill battle if he wants to unseat Rodriguez". Sudbury Star, September 11, 2010.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nickel Belt, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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