Mark Marissen
Marissen in 2013
Born
Mark Allan Marissen

1966 (age 57–58)
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Alma materCarleton University
Simon Fraser University
Political partyLiberal (federal)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
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(m. 2001; div. 2009)​
Children1

Mark Allan Marissen (born 1966 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian political strategist and principal of Burrard Strategy Inc.,[1] a communications company he founded in 1998. Marissen is also a senior advisor to McMillan Vantage Policy Group, affiliated with McMillan LLP, a Canadian business law firm.[2]

Marissen graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor's degree in political science, and also attended Simon Fraser University. Marissen resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has one child (Hamish Marissen-Clark) by his ex-wife, the 35th British Columbia Premier Christy Clark.[3] Marissen's older brother is professor of music Michael Marissen.[4]

Politics

Following Stephane Dion's resignation, Marissen supported Michael Ignatieff for Liberal Party leader.[5] Ignatieff was confirmed as Leader at a national convention in Vancouver in late April 2009. In the most recent federal Liberal leadership contest, Marissen was campaign manager for George Takach for Liberal Party leader.[6] After Takach withdrew from the contest, Marissen joined him in supporting Justin Trudeau.

In 2017-2018, Marissen served as strategist for Michael Lee's campaign for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party,[7] where Lee was 30 points short from being on the final ballot.[8]

Marissen was a candidate for mayor of Vancouver in the 2022 election, nominated by Progress Vancouver.[9] He placed fourth with 3.47% of the vote. In July 2023, he and all other Progress Vancouver candidates were disqualified from running in a local election until after the 2026 general local elections for failing to meet campaign financing disclosure requirements.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Burrard Strategy
  2. ↑ "Mark Marissen". McMillan Vantage Policy Group.
  3. ↑ "John Horgan sworn-in as B.C. premier, unveils new cabinet | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca.
  4. ↑ "mmariss1". www.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  5. ↑ "Canada.Com". ocanada. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ ""Trudeau attracting buzz, but Murray, Garneau, LeBlanc, Cauchon and others still exploring options to run for Grit leadership, Hill Times"".
  7. ↑ Mason, Gary (November 23, 2017). "Dianne Watts is losing her advantage in the BC Liberal leadership race". The Globe and Mail – via www.theglobeandmail.com.
  8. ↑ "B.C. Liberal leadership round-by-round voting results". Victoria Times Colonist. 4 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Longtime political strategist Mark Marissen plans to run for mayor of Vancouver - BC | Globalnews.ca". Global News.
  10. ↑ "Progress Vancouver Deregistered, Candidates Disqualified". Elections BC. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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