Simon Marcil

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Simon Marcil

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| caption = Marcil's official parliamentary photo

| riding = Mirabel

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 19, 2015

| term_end = September 20, 2021

| predecessor = Riding established

| successor = Jean-Denis Garon

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| party = Bloc Québécois

| otherparty = Québec debout (2018)

| residence = Mirabel, Quebec

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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.{{cite news|last1=Allard|first1=Clement|title=Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/seven-of-10-bloc-quebecois-mps-quit-over-martine-ouellets-leadership/article38144355/|access-date=February 28, 2018|work=The Globe and Mail|agency=The Canadian Press|date=February 28, 2018}} Following Ouellet's resignation, he rejoined the party on June 6, 2018.{{cite news|title=Two of seven MPs who quit the Bloc Quebecois returning to the party|url=https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2018/06/03/two-of-seven-mps-who-quit-the-bloc-quebecois-returning-to-the-party-2/#.WxgcrSAh3IV|access-date=June 6, 2018|work=The Canadian Press|date=June 6, 2018}} He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election.{{cite news |last=Parent |first=Nicolas |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Simon Marcil est réélu dans Mirabel |url=https://www.nordinfo.com/actualites/simon-marcil-est-reelu-dans-mirabel/ |work=Nord Info |location= |access-date=September 22, 2021 }}

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.{{Cite web|title='I don't even know what Simon Marcil looks like': Bloc MP has been on undisclosed leave since January|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/i-dont-even-know-what-simon-marcil-looks-like-bloc-mp-has-been-on-undisclosed-leave-since-january|access-date=2020-12-22|website=nationalpost|language=en-CA}} In January 2021, he announced he would not run again in the 2021 federal election.{{Cite web|title=Two Bloc members will not stand for re-election in the next election - Canada Live, local and global news|url=https://canadalive.news/2021/01/13/two-bloc-members-will-not-stand-for-re-election-in-the-next-election/|access-date=2021-01-17|language=en-US}}

Prior to his election, Marcil worked for Hydro-Québec.{{cite web | url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2157563/federal-election-2015-mirabel-riding/ | title=Federal Election 2015: Mirabel riding results | publisher=Global News | access-date=21 October 2015}}