Francis Drouin

Francis Drouin (born October 7, 1983)^[1] is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He did not seek re-election in 2025.

Francis Drouin
President of Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie
Incumbent
Assumed office July 8, 2022
Preceded by	Adama Bictogo
Member of Parliament for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Pierre Lemieux
Succeeded by	Giovanna Mingarelli
Personal details
Born	(1983-10-07) October 7, 1983 (age 42) Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada
Party	Liberal
Domestic partner	Kate Forrest
Residence(s)	Russell, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Ottawa La Cité collégiale
Profession	Consultant

Early life

Drouin was born and raised in Hawkesbury, Ontario.^[2] After obtaining a diploma in business administration from La Cité collégiale, he attended the University of Ottawa, where he earned a bachelor's degree in commerce. He worked as a special assistant to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty for four years, and then joined a government relations firm as a communications consultant. He continued to work as a consultant in various capacities thereafter. He has volunteered on the board of his alma mater, La Cité.

Federal politics

Drouin joined the Liberal Party when he was 17 years old, and served for two years as president of the Young Liberals in Glengarry—Prescott—Russell. He managed the Liberal campaigns there in the 2011 federal and 2014 provincial elections.^[3] Drouin won the federal Liberal nomination for the 2015 federal election in January 2015.^[4] He won the election, unseating three-term Conservative incumbent Pierre Lemieux by over 10,000 votes.

Committees

He was a member of the Official Languages Committee and Agriculture and Agri-Food

He was previously a sitting member of the committee on Covid-19 Pandemic and Government Operations and Estimates

On December 3, 2021, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.^[5]

Controversies

In April 2018, Drouin was alleged to have groped a woman at a Halifax bar during the Liberal Party policy convention.^[6] Drouin denied the allegations stating he was misidentified.^[7] Police did not lay charges.^[8]

In May 2024, Drouin received backlash after remarks about witnesses in the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages, calling them "full of shit" and referring their position on the issue as "extremist".^[9][10][11]

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Drouin	30,362	46.1	-1.4	$90,470.57
	Conservative	Susan McArthur	21,979	33.3	-2.7	$99,861.23
	New Democratic	Konstantine Malakos	7,022	10.7	+0.3	$7,774.48
	People's	Brennan Austring	4,458	6.8	+5.0	$0.00
	Green	Daniel Lapierre	1,350	2.0	-1.2	$1,041.48
	Free	Marc Bisaillon	422	0.6	–	$1,105.14
	Independent	The Joker	314	0.5	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,907	–	–	$122,997.84
Total rejected ballots			901
Turnout			66,808	70.06
Eligible voters			95,356
Source: Elections Canada[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Drouin	31,293	47.56	-5.71	$82,180.98
	Conservative	Pierre Lemieux	23,660	35.96	-0.45	$112,830.16
	New Democratic	Konstantine Malakos	6,851	10.41	+2.49	$3,975.49
	Green	Marthe Lépine †	2,113	3.21	+1.41	none listed
	People's	Jean-Jacques Desgranges	1,174	1.78		none listed
	Libertarian	Darcy Neal Donnelly	262	0.40	-0.19	none listed
	Independent	Daniel John Fey	239	0.36		$4,778.11
	Rhinoceros	Marc-Antoine Gagnier	199	0.30		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,791	99.03
Total rejected ballots			645	0.97	+0.35
Turnout			66,436	71.78	-3.29
Eligible voters			92,555
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.63
Source: Elections Canada[13][14] † The Green Party of Canada dropped Marthe Lépine for her anti-abortion views; she ran as an independent instead.[15]

2015 Canadian federal election: Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Drouin	34,189	53.28	+22.68	–
	Conservative	Pierre Lemieux	23,367	36.41	-12.4	–
	New Democratic	Normand Laurin	5,087	7.93	-8.74	–
	Green	Genevieve Malouin-Diraddo	1,153	1.8	-1.78	–
	Libertarian	Jean-Serge Brisson	377	0.59	+0.25	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,173	100.0		$222,406.73
Total rejected ballots			399	–	–
Turnout			64,572	75.6%	–
Eligible voters			85,388
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		28.83%
Source: Elections Canada[16][17] [18]