Marjorie Michel | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Kamal Khera |
| Member of Parliament for Papineau | |
| Assumed office April 28,2025 | |
| Preceded by | Justin Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Haiti |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Parent | Smarck Michel (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Louvain |
Marjorie Michel PC MP is a Haitian-Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Papineau since 2025,succeeding former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She has been the Minister of Health since 2025,serving in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet. [1]
She has a background in social and organizational psychology. [2] She holds a master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology from the University of Louvain in Belgium. [3] Michel is a former student of the Sainte Rose de Lima Institution in Haiti. [4] Michel has been active in politics since the early 2000s. [5]
She was Director of Parliamentary Affairs for Employment and Social Development Canada and former political attaché to Haitian MP Emmanuel Dubourg. She was General Coordinator of the Annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1995,a position for which she received a distinction from the government of the United States of America. [6] In 2009,she was appointed the head of the Ministry on the Status and Rights of Women (MCFDF). [7]
Michel served as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Families,Children and Social Development and President of the Treasury Board in the Liberal government. [4] During the 2019 and 2021 campaigns,she served as the Director of Campaign Operations in Quebec for the Liberal Party. She also served as the Quebec campaign co-chair in the 2021 Canadian federal election. [8]
Michel became Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of Justin Trudeau in 2021 becoming the first black person to hold the position. [9] In October 2024,she was appointed the new deputy national campaign director. [10] [11] She left the role weeks later. [12]
She was named the Liberal Party candidate for Papineau and was elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election to replace Justin Trudeau. [13] [14]
Michel is of Haitian descent. [15] She is the daughter of Victoire Marie-Rose Sterlin and former Prime Minister of Haiti Smarck Michel. [13]
| 2025 Canadian federal election : Papineau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marjorie Michel | 24,700 | 52.98 | +2.68 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Sophy Forget Bélec | 7,726 | 16.57 | +1.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Niall Ricardo | 7,606 | 16.32 | −6.36 | ||||
| Conservative | Julio Rivera | 4,927 | 10.57 | +5.73 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Xavier Watso | 676 | 1.45 | +0.53 | ||||
| People's | Noah Cherney | 455 | 0.98 | −1.36 | ||||
| Communist | Stéphane Doucet | 321 | 0.69 | N/A | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Garnet Colly | 208 | 0.45 | +0.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,619 | 98.65 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 640 | 1.35 | ||||||
| Turnout | 47,259 | 65.77 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 71,853 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada [16] [17] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||