Adedokun Waliyu 
As Mark Carney steps in as Justin Trudeau’s Liberal successor on the national stage, Marjorie Michel is set to take his place in Papineau, The Gazette has learned.
Michel, a Liberal insider and former deputy chief of staff to Trudeau, will run as the Liberal Party’s candidate in his soon-to-be-vacated Montreal riding, according to a source familiar with the plans.
Michel has not commented publicly about running.
Her candidacy comes as Canada prepares for a federal election, which is expected to be called on April 28 by newly elected Prime Minister Carney.
Papineau, a densely populated and diverse riding, has been a Liberal stronghold since its creation in 1947. Trudeau first won the seat in 2008. The riding is home to about 110,000 residents and includes gentrified neighbourhoods and significant South Asian and Hispanic communities.
Michel, the daughter of former Haitian prime minister Smarck Michel, is a seasoned Liberal strategist.
Her career began in 2016 as a policy adviser to Jean-Yves Duclos, later serving as his chief of staff. In 2019, she became the first Black chief of staff in the Trudeau government, according to The Hill, staying on when Duclos became Treasury Board president before moving to the PMO.
She went on to lead the Liberal Party’s Quebec operations in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections before joining Trudeau’s office in 2021 and later becoming deputy campaign director of the party.
