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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{About|the Canadian politician|other people with the same name|Marc Miller (disambiguation){{!}}Marc Miller}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Marc Miller
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP|size=100%}}
| image = Marc Miller at Woman Life Freedom Protest 2023 002 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Miller in 2023
| office = [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship]]
| primeminister = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| term_start = July 26, 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Sean Fraser (politician)|Sean Fraser]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations]]
| term_start1 = October 26, 2021
| term_end1 = July 26, 2023
| primeminister1 = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| predecessor1 = [[Carolyn Bennett]]
| successor1 = [[Gary Anandasangaree]]
| office2 = [[Minister of Indigenous Services]]
| minister2 =
| term_start2 = November 20, 2019
| term_end2 = October 26, 2021
| predecessor2 = [[Seamus O'Regan]]
| successor2 = [[Patty Hajdu]]
| office3 = [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations]]
| minister3 = [[Carolyn Bennett]]
| term_start3 = August 31, 2018
| term_end3 = November 20, 2019
| predecessor3 = [[Yvonne Jones]]
| successor3 = ''Position abolished''
| riding4 =
| parliament4 =
| term_start4 = January 30, 2017
| term_end4 = August 30, 2018
| predecessor4 = [[Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian politician)|Pablo Rodriguez]]
| successor4 = [[Marco Mendicino]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|3|12}}<ref name="Birthday Tweet">{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/MarcMillerVM/status/708645264710565888 | title=Une sélection de bières du Comté pour ma fête! @joebeef @AdamScotti #BrasseurdeMontréal #Bierbrier | publisher=[[Twitter]] | date=March 12, 2016 | access-date=June 7, 2016 | author=Miller, Marc}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| profession = Attorney<br />Soldier
| alma_mater = [[Université de Montréal]]<br />[[McGill University]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| allegiance = {{flag|Canada}}
| branch = {{Army|Canada}}
| residence = [[Westmount, Quebec]], Canada
| footnotes =
| spouse = Elin Sandberg Miller
| parents = [[Carman Miller]]<br />Pamela Gales
| office 4 =
| riding 5 =
| term_start5 = October 19, 2015
| predecessor5 = ''Riding established''
| parliament5 = Canadian
| minister4 = [[Amarjeet Sohi]]
| office4 = [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Infrastructure and Communities]]
| riding5 = [[Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs]]
| signature = MarcMillerSignature.png
}}

'''Marc Miller''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born March 12, 1973) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]]. A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], he currently serves as [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship]] in the [[Cabinet of Canada|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 officer in the [[Canadian Army]] [[Primary Reserve]].

== Early life and career ==
The son of a [[Nova Scotian]] father and an [[English-speaking Quebecer#Montreal|anglophone Montrealer]] mother,<ref>{{cite news |last=Kovacevic|first=Milos|title=Liberal candidate for newly-formed Ville-Marie riding shares his views|url=http://theconcordian.com/2014/02/liberal-candidate-for-newly-formed-ville-marie-riding-shares-his-views|newspaper=[[The Concordian (Montreal)|The Concordian]]|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref> 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."<ref>Daniel LeBlanc, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-rally-team-aiming-to-win-back-party-strongholds-in-montreal/article16487373/ Liberals rally team aiming to win back party strongholds in Montreal], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 24, 2014.</ref><ref>P.A. Sevigny, [http://www.thesuburban.com/news/city_news/liberals-marc-miller-handily-takes-new-riding-of-ville-marie/article_589f838d-bcd5-52c4-84ab-3a5b1aba9505.html Liberals' Marc Miller handily takes new riding of Ville-Marie], ''The Suburban'', October 21, 2015.</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/globe-politics-insider/how-trudeaus-high-school-friend-plans-to-win-back-a-liberal-stronghold/article17835849/|title=How Trudeau's high-school friend plans to win back a Liberal stronghold|last=Chan|first=Dave|date=April 5, 2014|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> Miller earned bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from the [[Université de Montréal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publications.mcgill.ca/droit/2015/09/15/law-grads-in-fed-election/|title=McGill Law faces of Election 2015|date=September 2015|website=publications.mcgill.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>

Miller graduated from [[McGill University Faculty of Law]] in 2001 with common and civil law degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/news/eight-faculty-law-alumni-win-their-ridings-256258|title=Eight Faculty of Law alumni win in their ridings|date=October 20, 2015|website=[[McGill University Faculty of Law]]|language=en|access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> Prior to his election was a practising lawyer with [[Stikeman Elliott]].<ref name=":1" /> Miller also previously served in the [[Canadian Army]] [[Primary Reserve]] as an infantry officer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=18600|title=Marc Miller|website=[[Library of Parliament]]|access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>

== Federal politics ==
Miller helped organize Trudeau's first run for office in [[Papineau (electoral district)|Papineau]] in 2007.<ref>Irwin Block, [http://www.theseniortimes.com/justin-trudeaus-got-what-it-takes-says-liberal-hopeful-miller/ Justin Trudeau’s got what it takes, says Liberal hopeful Miller], ''The Senior Times'', September 16, 2015.</ref> He was an advisor and the fundraising director for Trudeau's successful run at the [[2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|2013 Liberal Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/questions-raised-about-votes-in-marc-millers-liberal-nomination/|title=Questions raised about votes in Marc Miller's Liberal nomination|last=Patriquin|first=Martin|date=May 7, 2014|work=[[Maclean's]]|access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref>

Miller was elected to represent the riding of [[Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs]] in the House of Commons in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2272085/liberal-candidate-marc-miller-elected-in-ville-marie-le-sud-ouest-ile-des-soeurs/|title=Liberal candidate Marc Miller elected in Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs|last=Lau|first=Rachel|website=Global News|access-date=2016-06-07|date=2015-10-19}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":2" /> 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 [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada)|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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-mp-marc-miller-learning-mohawk-1.4141058|title=Quebec Liberal MP Marc Miller employs Mohawk language lessons in the House|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|date=June 1, 2018|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=September 17, 2018|language=en-CA}}</ref>

On August 31, 2018, he was moved to be the Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations]].<ref name=":2" />

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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Forester|first=Brett|date=2021-10-26|title=Trudeau cabinet: Bennett shuffled out, Miller moved over, Hajdu new boss at ISC|work=[[APTN News]]|url=https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/cabinet-bennett-shuffled-out-miller-moved-hajdu-new-boss-isc/|access-date=2021-10-31}}</ref>

== 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/senate-proceedings/episodes/41195924/|title=Senate Proceedings - Vote 2015 – Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Soeurs|last=Murat|first=Philippe|publisher=[[CPAC (TV channel)|CPAC]]|at=8:06 and 26:24|access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref> Together, they have three children, two boys named Marius and Lukas and a girl named Eva.<ref name="OpenParliament - Three Children">{{Cite web |url=https://openparliament.ca/debates/2016/10/20/marc-miller-2/ |last=Miller |first=Marc |date=October 20, 2016 |website=Openparliament.ca |access-date=September 17, 2018|title=Marc Miller, "Business of Supply" on Oct. 20th, 2016 | openparliament.ca }}</ref>

Miller, an [[anglophone]], is fluently bilingual in both [[Official Languages Act (Canada)|official languages]].<ref name=":3" />

==Electoral record==
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2021|Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marc Miller|24,978|50.5|-3.0}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Sophie Thiébaut|9,241|18.7|+2.9}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Soledad Orihuela-Bouchard|6,176|12.5|-0.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Steve Shanahan|6,138|12.4|+3.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Cynthia Charbonneau-Lavictoire|1,343|2.7|-4.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Denise Dubé|1,291|2.6|+1.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Hans Armando Vargas|134|0.3|''N/A''}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Linda Sullivan|122|0.2|+0.1}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|49,423|98.6}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|689|1.4}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|50,112|57.0}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|87,943}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Liberal|-3.0}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election |url=https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/lst&document=index&lang=e |website=[[Elections Canada]] |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>}}
{{end}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs}}
{{2015 Canadian federal election/Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Marc Miller (politician)}}
* [http://marcmiller.liberal.ca/en/ Official Website]
* [https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-marc-miller Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister]
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18600|2=Marc Miller}}

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