Marc Serré
Canadian politician (born 1967)
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Marc G. Serré (born January 28, 1967) is a former Liberal Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt. He was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019 and 2021, but was defeated in 2025 by Jim Belanger. He is the son of Gaetan Serré, who represented Nickel Belt from 1968 to 1972 under the government of Pierre Trudeau,[1] and the nephew of another former Liberal Member of Parliament Benoît Serré.
Marc Serré | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Claude Gravelle |
| Succeeded by | Jim Belanger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 27, 1967 Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada, |
| Party | Liberal |
| Parent(s) | Jeannine Serré & Gaetan Serré |
| 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,[2] and served on the municipal council of West Nipissing and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.[3] He was a candidate for mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2010 municipal election,[3] but withdrew his candidacy in advance of election day.[4]
In the House of Commons he 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.
In the 2025 Canadian federal election, he contested the new riding of Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt. In an upset he was defeated by Conservative candidate Jim Belanger by 5,007 votes.[5]
Offices and roles as a parliamentarian
| 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 | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and to the Minister of Official Languages | September 18, 2023 | February 21, 2025 |
| 44th | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | September 18, 2023 | March 23, 2025 |
| 44th | Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council | December 3, 2021 | March 23, 2025 |
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Belanger | 29,129 | 48.33 | +21.42 | ||||
| Liberal | Marc G. Serré | 24,122 | 40.03 | +8.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andréane Chénier | 4,818 | 7.99 | –22.35 | ||||
| People's | Sharilynne St. Louis | 1,423 | 2.36 | –6.54 | ||||
| Green | Himal Hossain | 453 | 0.75 | -0.98 | ||||
| Libertarian | Justin Dean Newell Leroux | 321 | 0.53 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 60,266 | 70.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 85,955 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.69 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 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[8] | ||||||||
| 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[9][10] | ||||||||
| 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[11][12] | ||||||||
