Marc Serré

Marc Serré
MP
Marc Serré MP
Member of Parliament; for Nickel Belt
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Claude Gravelle
Personal details
Born	January 27, 1967 (age 57); Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Parent	Jeannine Serré & Gaetan Serré
Residence	Verner, Ontario
Education	Laurentian University
Website	https://voteserre.ca

Marc G. Serré MP (born January 28, 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.^[2] He is the son of Gaetan Serré, who represented Nickel Belt from 1968 to 1972 under the government of Pierre Trudeau,^[3] 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,^[4] and served on the municipal council of West Nipissing and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.^[5] He was a candidate for mayor of Greater Sudbury in the 2010 municipal election,^[5] but withdrew his candidacy in advance of election day.^[6]

In the House of Commons he has 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.

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	Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council	December 3, 2021
44th	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and to the Minister of Official Languages	September 18, 2023

Electoral record

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^[7]

v t e 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^[8]^[9]

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^[10]^[11]