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 was 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.[citation needed]

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]

Electoral record

2022 Vancouver municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 85,732 50.96 Green tickY
Forward Together Kennedy Stewart (incumbent) 49,593 29.48
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver Colleen Hardwick 16,769 9.97
Progress Vancouver Mark Marissen 5,830 3.47
NPA Fred Harding 3,905 2.32
Independent Leona Brown 1,519 0.9
Independent Ping Chan 1,154 0.69
Independent Françoise Raunet 1,116 0.66
Independent Satwant Shottha 994 0.59
Independent Imtiaz Popat 411 0.24
Independent Lewis Villegas 363 0.22
Independent Mike Hansen 314 0.19
Independent Gölök Buday 195 0.12
Independent Ryan Charmley 183 0.11
Independent Dante Teti 142 0.08
ABC Vancouver gain from Forward Together Swing –

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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