Simon Marcil is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Mirabel from 2015 to 2021. Marcil was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election as a member of the Bloc Québécois. On February 28, 2018, however, Marcil, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet.[1] Following Ouellet's resignation, he rejoined the party on June 6, 2018.[2] He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election.[3]
Simon Marcil | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Mirabel | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Denis Garon |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations | Québec debout (2018) |
| Residence | Mirabel, Quebec |
On December 22, 2020, the National Post reported that Marcil had been on prolonged medical leave since January 31, 2020, all without informing his constituents.[4] In January 2021, he announced he would not run again in the 2021 federal election.[5]
Prior to his election, Marcil worked for Hydro-Québec.[6]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Mirabel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Marcil | 33,219 | 51.08 | +19.59 | $7,193.50 | |||
| Liberal | Karl Trudel | 16,162 | 24.85 | -1.26 | $36,834.25 | |||
| Conservative | François Desrochers | 5,940 | 9.13 | -1.00 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Anne-Marie Saint-Germain | 5,219 | 8.03 | -22.05 | $902.88 | |||
| Green | Julie Tremblay | 3,517 | 5.41 | +3.22 | $10,545.78 | |||
| People's | Christian Montpetit | 641 | 0.99 | none listed | ||||
| Indépendence du Québec | Pietro Biacchi | 332 | 0.51 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,030 | 98.06 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,286 | 1.94 | -0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 66,316 | 68.47 | -0.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 96,848 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | +10.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 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[9][10] | ||||||||