Marjorie Michel | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Kamal Khera |
| Member of Parliament forPapineau | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Justin Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Haiti |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Emmanuel Dubourg |
| Parent | Smarck Michel (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Louvain |
Marjorie MichelPC MP (French pronunciation:[maʁʒɔʁimiʃɛl]) is a Haitian-Canadian politician who has served asMinister of Health since 2025 inPrime MinisterMark Carney'scabinet. A member of theLiberal Party, she has been themember of Parliament (MP) forPapineau since 2025, succeeding former Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau.[1]
She has a background in social and organizational psychology.[2] She holds a master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology from theUniversity of Louvain inBelgium.[3] Michel is a former student of the Sainte Rose de Lima Institution inHaiti.[4] Michel has been active in politics since the early 2000s.[5]
She was Director of Parliamentary Affairs forEmployment and Social Development Canada and former politicalattaché to Canadian MPEmmanuel Dubourg, whom she later married.[6] She was General Coordinator of the AnnualGeneral Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1995, a position for which she received a distinction from thegovernment of the United States of America.[7] In 2009, she was appointed the head of theMinistry on the Status and Rights of Women (MCFDF).[8]
Michel served as Chief of Staff to theMinister of Families, Children and Social Development andPresident of the Treasury Board in the Liberal government.[4] During the2019 and2021 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 the2021 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 theLiberal Party candidate forPapineau and was elected in the2025 Canadian federal election to replaceJustin Trudeau.[14][15]
Michel is of Haitian descent.[16] She is the daughter of Victoire Marie-Rose Sterlin and former Prime Minister of HaitiSmarck Michel,[14] and is married to formerBourassa MPEmmanuel Dubourg.[6]
| 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 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +0.58 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[17][18] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||