Mona Fortier

Mona N. Fortier^[4] PC MP (born August 26, 1972)^[1][2][3] is a Canadian politician who previously served as the President of the Treasury Board from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, Fortier has represented the electoral district of Ottawa—Vanier since winning the 3 April 2017 by-election. She previously served as the associate minister of finance and minister of middle class prosperity. Prior to her election, Fortier worked as Chief Director of Communications and Market Development for La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa.^[6] She was also president of the Ottawa—Vanier Liberal riding association and was an advisor on the Alex Munter mayoral campaign in 2006.^[7]

The Honourable Mona Fortier PC MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office June 5, 2025 Serving with Rob Oliphant
Chief Government Whip
In office December 21, 2024 – March 14, 2025
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Ruby Sahota
Succeeded by	Rechie Valdez
President of the Treasury Board
In office October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Jean-Yves Duclos
Succeeded by	Anita Anand
Minister of Middle Class Prosperity Associate Minister of Finance
In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Randy Boissonault (Associate Minister of Finance)
Member of Parliament for Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester Ottawa—Vanier (2017–2025)
Incumbent
Assumed office April 3, 2017
Preceded by	Mauril Bélanger
Personal details
Born	(1972-08-26) August 26, 1972 (age 52)[1][2][3] Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Children	3
Residence(s)	Beacon Hill South,[4] Ottawa[5]
Alma mater	University of Ottawa

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mona Fortier	45,934	67.36	+18.36
	Conservative	Dean Wythe	14,633	21.46	+0.92
	New Democratic	Tristan Oliff	5,164	7.57	–15.69
	Green	Christian Proulx	1,345	1.97	–1.08
	People's	Marty Simms	349	0.51	–2.68
	Libertarian	Coreen Corcoran	338	0.50	+0.10
	Independent	Elizabeth Benoit	238	0.34	N/A
	Marxist–Leninist	Christian Legeais	182	0.27	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots			705
Turnout			68,183	68.87
Eligible voters			99,007
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+8.76
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Ottawa—Vanier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mona Fortier	28,462	49.0	-2.2	$92,344.95
	New Democratic	Lyse-Pascale Inamuco	13,703	23.6	+2.4	$38,377.14
	Conservative	Heidi Jensen	11,611	20.0	+2.6	$16,774.67
	People's	Jean-Jacques Desgranges	1,855	3.2	+1.5	$0.00
	Green	Christian Proulx	1,816	3.1	-4.4	$8,354.08
	Libertarian	Daniel Elford	248	0.4	–	$0.00
	Free	Crystelle Bourguignon	179	0.3	–	$2.00
	Independent	Marie-Chantal TaiEl Leriche	157	0.3	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,031	–	–	$117,527.01
Total rejected ballots			576
Turnout			58,607	65.80
Eligible voters			89,069
Source: Elections Canada[10]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Ottawa—Vanier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mona Fortier	32,679	51.2	0	$76,159.78
	New Democratic	Stéphanie Mercier	13,516	21.2	-7.5	none listed
	Conservative	Joel Bernard	11,118	17.4	+2	$18,239.00
	Green	Oriana Ngabirano	4,796	7.5	+4.2	$8,669.23
	People's	Paul Durst	1,064	1.7		$6,338.44
	Rhinoceros	Derek Miller	229	0.4		$0.00
	Independent	Joel Altman	211	0.3		$281.93
	Communist	Michelle Paquette	115	0.2		$496.90
	Independent	Daniel James McHugh	94	0.1		$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Christian Legeais	59	0.1		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,881	100.0
Total rejected ballots			699
Turnout			64,580	71.0
Eligible voters			91,015
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.75
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017: Ottawa—Vanier Death of Mauril Bélanger
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mona Fortier	15,190	51.20	−6.37
	New Democratic	Emilie Taman	8,523	28.73	+9.48
	Conservative	Adrian Paul Papara	4,578	15.43	−3.68
	Green	Nira Dookeran	987	3.33	+0.26
	Independent	John Turmel	153	0.52
	Libertarian	Damien Wilson	137	0.46	−0.33
	Independent	Christina Wilson	99	0.33
Total valid votes/expense limit			29,667	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots				-
Turnout
Eligible voters			86,998
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.91
Source: Elections Canada[13][failed verification]