Marc Miller PC MP (born March 12, 1973) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs in the House of Commons in the 2015 election. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he currently serves as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in the Federal Cabinet following the swearing in of a new cabinet on July 26, 2023. He previously served as the Minister of Crown Indigenous Relations, starting on October 26, 2021. Prior to entering politics, Miller was a lawyer with Stikeman Elliott and an infantry soldier Canadian Army Primary Reserve.
Marc Miller | |
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.jpg) Miller in 2023 | |
| Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | |
| Assumed office July 26, 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Sean Fraser |
| Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations | |
| In office October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Bennett |
| Succeeded by | Gary Anandasangaree |
| Minister of Indigenous Services | |
| In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Seamus O'Regan |
| Succeeded by | Patty Hajdu |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations | |
| In office August 31, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Minister | Carolyn Bennett |
| Preceded by | Yvonne Jones |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | |
| In office January 30, 2017 – August 30, 2018 | |
| Minister | Amarjeet Sohi |
| Preceded by | Pablo Rodriguez |
| Succeeded by | Marco Mendicino |
| Member of Parliament for Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 12, 1973[1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Elin Sandberg Miller |
| Parent(s) | Carman Miller Pamela Gales |
| Residence | Rockcliffe Park, Ontario[2][3] |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal McGill University |
| Profession | Attorney Soldier |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Canada |
| Branch/service |  Canadian Army |
Early life and education
An anglophone Montrealer,[4] Miller attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in the 1980s at the same time as Justin Trudeau, and has been described variously as "a boyhood friend of Mr. Trudeau" and "one of Trudeau's oldest friends."[5][6][7] Miller earned bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from the Université de Montréal.[8]
Miller graduated from McGill University Faculty of Law in 2001 with common and civil law degrees.[9] Prior to his election, Miller was a practising lawyer with Stikeman Elliott.[7] Miller also previously served in the Canadian Army Primary Reserve as an infantry officer.[10]
Federal politics
Miller helped organize Trudeau's first run for office in Papineau in 2007.[11] He was an advisor and the fundraising director for Trudeau's successful run at the 2013 Liberal Party leadership election.[12]
Miller was elected to represent the riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.[13] After the election, he served as the chair of the Quebec Liberal Caucus of MPs.
On January 28, 2017, Miller was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.[10] On June 1, 2017, Miller delivered the first ever speech in the Mohawk language in the House of Commons. Miller said he had started taking language lessons from Zoe Hopkins in the spirit of reconciliation. He also wanted to demonstrate to the non-French speaking Liberal MPs whom he had urged to study French in his former role as the Quebec Liberal Caucus chair that it was possible to juggle learning a new language while performing their parliamentary duties.[14]
On August 31, 2018, he was moved to be the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations.[10]
On November 20, 2019, he was sworn in as Minister of Indigenous Services.
On October 26, 2021, Miller became the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, replacing Carolyn Bennett.[15]
On July 26, 2023, Miller became the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. He set an annual goal of 500,000 new immigrants per year by 2026.[16]
Personal life
Marc Miller married Elin Sandberg, a former Swedish diplomat, whom he met at a party while both were studying at the Université de Montréal.[17] Together, they have three children, two boys named Marius and Lukas and a girl named Eva.[18]
Miller is a native speaker of English but is also a fluent speaker of French.[14]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Miller | 24,978 | 50.5 | -3.0 | $105,431.45 | |||
| New Democratic | Sophie Thiébaut | 9,241 | 18.7 | +2.9 | $12,104.90 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Soledad Orihuela-Bouchard | 6,176 | 12.5 | -0.6 | $2,242.01 | |||
| Conservative | Steve Shanahan | 6,138 | 12.4 | +3.6 | $3,084.59 | |||
| Green | Cynthia Charbonneau-Lavictoire | 1,343 | 2.7 | -4.4 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Denise Dubé | 1,291 | 2.6 | +1.6 | $552.90 | |||
| Marijuana | Hans Armando Vargas | 134 | 0.3 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Linda Sullivan | 122 | 0.2 | +0.1 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,423 | 98.6 | – | $116,716.76 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 689 | 1.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 50,112 | 57.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,943 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[19] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Miller | 28,087 | 53.47 | +2.65 | $105,389.48 | |||
| New Democratic | Sophie Thiébaut | 8,274 | 15.75 | -7.69 | $19,083.09 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nadia Bourque | 6,899 | 13.13 | +4.54 | none listed | |||
| Conservative | Michael Forian | 4,609 | 8.78 | -3.08 | $24,699.31 | |||
| Green | Liana Canton Cusmano | 3,718 | 7.08 | +2.3 | $1,593.95 | |||
| People's | Jean Langlais | 520 | 0.99 | – | none listed | |||
| Rhinoceros | Tommy Gaudet | 140 | 0.27 | -0.05 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Louise O'Sullivan | 117 | 0.22 | – | none listed | |||
| No affiliation | Marc Patenaude | 113 | 0.22 | – | none listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Linda Sullivan | 45 | 0.09 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,522 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 601 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,123 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,117 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.17 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[20][21] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Miller | 25,491 | 50.82 | +23.34 | $104,027.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Allison Turner | 11,757 | 23.44 | -18.05 | $76,667.01 | |||
| Conservative | Steve Shanahan | 5,948 | 11.86 | -0.05 | $10,419.44 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Chantal St-Onge | 4,307 | 8.59 | -7.44 | $2,334.04 | |||
| Green | Daniel Green | 2,398 | 4.78 | +1.99 | $84,091.06 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Daniel Wolfe | 161 | 0.32 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Bill Sloan | 102 | 0.20 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,164 | 100.00 | – | $221,982.87 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 435 | 0.86 | – | – | ||||
| Turnout | 50,599 | 59.96 | – | – | ||||
| Eligible voters | 84,387 | – | – | – | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada[22][23] | ||||||||
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