Marjorie Michel

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 Canadian MP Emmanuel Dubourg, whom she later married.^[6] 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.^[7] In 2009, she was appointed the head of the Ministry on the Status and Rights of Women (MCFDF).^[8]

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.^[9]

Michel became Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of Justin Trudeau in 2021 becoming the first black person to hold the position.^[10] In October 2024, she was appointed the new deputy national campaign director.^[11][12] She left the role weeks later.^[13]

She was named the Liberal Party candidate for Papineau and was elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election to replace Justin Trudeau.^[14][15]

Michel is of Haitian descent.^[16] She is the daughter of Victoire Marie-Rose Sterlin and former Prime Minister of Haiti Smarck Michel,^[14] and was married to former Bourassa MP Emmanuel Dubourg.^[6]