Marc Serré

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Marc Serré
Member of Parliament
for Nickel Belt
In office
October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded byClaude Gravelle
Succeeded byJim Belanger
Personal details
Born (1967-01-27) January 27, 1967 (age 59)
Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada,
PartyLiberal
Parent(s)Jeannine Serré & Gaetan Serré
EducationLaurentian University
Websitehttps://voteserre.ca

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.

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
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJim Belanger29,12948.33+21.42
LiberalMarc G. Serré24,12240.03+8.05
New DemocraticAndréane Chénier4,8187.99–22.35
People'sSharilynne St. Louis1,4232.36–6.54
GreenHimal Hossain4530.75-0.98
LibertarianJustin Dean Newell Leroux3210.53N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 60,26670.11
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%±%
LiberalMarc Serré17,35335.2-3.8
ConservativeCharles Humphrey13,42527.2+6.0
New DemocraticAndréane Chénier13,13726.6-8.6
People'sDavid Hobbs4,5589.2+6.8
GreenCraig Gravelle8481.7-3.7
Total valid votes 49,321
Total rejected ballots 364
Turnout 49,68563.84
Eligible voters 77,823
Source: Elections Canada[8]
2019 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMarc Serré19,04638.99-3.81$96,428.93
New DemocraticStéphane Paquette15,65632.05-5.73$18,983.01
ConservativeAino Laamanen10,34321.17+4.43$7,684.88
GreenCasey Lalonde2,6445.41+2.93none listed
People'sMikko Paavola1,1592.37–none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,84899.39
Total rejected ballots 2980.61+0.22
Turnout 49,14664.17-2.94
Eligible voters 76,585
Liberal hold Swing +0.96
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2015 Canadian federal election: Nickel Belt
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMarc Serré21,02142.80+28.74$39,869.30
New DemocraticClaude Gravelle18,55637.78-17.20$94,855.24
ConservativeAino Laamanen8,22116.74-11.29$14,060.79
GreenStuart McCall1,2172.48-0.31$3,772.22
Marxist–LeninistDave Starbuck980.20+0.07–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,113100.00 $233,625.58
Total rejected ballots 1920.39–
Turnout 49,30567.70–
Eligible voters 72,828
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +22.97
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Serre returns Nickel Belt to Liberals". Sudbury Star, October 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Serre gets nod in Nickel Belt". Sudbury Star, February 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Mayor's race getting pretty crowded" Deprecated link archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today. Sudbury Star, August 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Callaghan faces uphill battle if he wants to unseat Rodriguez" Archived 2018-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Sudbury Star, September 11, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Conservative Jim Bélanger turns Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt blue". CBC NEWS. April 28, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  11. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Nickel Belt, 30 September 2015
  12. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates