Simon Marcil
Simon Marcil | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Mirabel | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations | Québec debout (2018) |
| Residence | Mirabel, Quebec |
Simon Marcil MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 election from the electoral district of Mirabel. Elected as a member of the Bloc Québécois, Marcil, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet.[1] Following Ouellet's resignation, he rejoined the party on June 6, 2018.[2]
On December 22, 2020, the National Post reported that Marcil has been on prolonged medical leave since January 31, 2020, all without informing in constituents in Mirabel.[3]
In January 2021, he announced he would not run again in the 44th Canadian federal election.[4]
Prior to his election Marcil worked for Hydro-Québec.[5]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Mirabel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Marcil | 33,219 | 51.1 | |||||
| Liberal | Karl Trudel | 16,162 | 24.9 | |||||
| Conservative | François Desrochers | 5,940 | 9.1 | |||||
| New Democratic | Anne-Marie Saint-Germain | 5,219 | 8.0 | |||||
| Green | Julie Tremblay | 3,517 | 5.4 | |||||
| People's | Christian Montpetit | 641 | 1.0 | |||||
| Indépendence du Québec | Pietro Biacchi | 332 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 65,030 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,286 | |||||||
| Turnout | 66,316 | 68.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 96,468 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Mirabel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Marcil | 18,710 | 31.49 | +0.48 | $14,070.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Mylène Freeman | 17,873 | 30.08 | -19.47 | $52,822.53 | |||
| Liberal | Karl Trudel | 15,514 | 26.11 | +18.36 | $16,340.47 | |||
| Conservative | Gordon Ferguson | 6,020 | 10.13 | +0.91 | $4,496.74 | |||
| Green | Jocelyn Gifford | 1,301 | 2.19 | +0.17 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 59,418 | 100.0 | $227,491.40 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,178 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 60,596 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,622 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +9.98 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Allard, Clement (February 28, 2018). "Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "Two of seven MPs who quit the Bloc Quebecois returning to the party". The Canadian Press. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ "'I don't even know what Simon Marcil looks like': Bloc MP has been on undisclosed leave since January". nationalpost. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "Two Bloc members will not stand for re-election in the next election - Canada Live, local and global news". Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^ "Federal Election 2015: Mirabel riding results". Global News. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Mirabel, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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