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Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly (French pronunciation: [melani ʒɔli]; born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the Minister of Industry, Registrar General of Canada, and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions since May 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Joly represents the Montreal-area riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the House of Commons, taking office as a member of Parliament (MP) following the 2015 federal election. She has held a number of portfolios including Canadian heritage, tourism, foreign affairs, and La Francophonie. Joly ran for mayor of Montreal in the 2013 Montreal municipal election, placing second behind eventual winner Denis Coderre.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Joly graduated from Université de Montréal and Brasenose College, Oxford.
Born on January 16, 1979, Joly grew up in Montreal's northern neighbourhood of Ahuntsic. She is the daughter of Laurette Racine and Clément Joly, an accountant who was president of the Liberal Party's finance committee in Quebec and board member of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority from 2002 to 2007. Her late stepmother, Carole-Marie Allard, was a lawyer and journalist, who served as an MP representing Laval—East from 2000 to 2004.
Joly is married to Felix Marzell, an artist and entrepreneur.
After completing her Bachelor of Laws degree at the Université de Montréal in 2001, Joly became a member of the Bar of Quebec. She subsequently received the Chevening Scholarship and continued her studies at Brasenose College, Oxford, where she received a Magister Juris in comparative and public law in 2003. Joly also interned at Radio-Canada, in 2007.
At the beginning of her career, Joly practiced law at two major Montreal law firms, Stikeman Elliott and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. At the latter firm, her mentor was former Parti Quebecois premier Lucien Bouchard, who supplied her with a letter of recommendation for her Oxford application. She worked primarily in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency law. She was also a prosecutor before the Gomery Commission of inquiry.
In 2010, she became the first Quebecer to receive the Arnold Edinborough award, which recognizes philanthropic involvement within the Canadian cultural community.
In 2013, she was appointed to head the Quebec Advisory Committee for Justin Trudeau's campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly (French pronunciation: [melani ʒɔli]; born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the Minister of Industry, Registrar General of Canada, and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions since May 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Joly represents the Montreal-area riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the House of Commons, taking office as a member of Parliament (MP) following the 2015 federal election. She has held a number of portfolios including Canadian heritage, tourism, foreign affairs, and La Francophonie. Joly ran for mayor of Montreal in the 2013 Montreal municipal election, placing second behind eventual winner Denis Coderre.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Joly graduated from Université de Montréal and Brasenose College, Oxford.
Born on January 16, 1979, Joly grew up in Montreal's northern neighbourhood of Ahuntsic. She is the daughter of Laurette Racine and Clément Joly, an accountant who was president of the Liberal Party's finance committee in Quebec and board member of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority from 2002 to 2007. Her late stepmother, Carole-Marie Allard, was a lawyer and journalist, who served as an MP representing Laval—East from 2000 to 2004.
Joly is married to Felix Marzell, an artist and entrepreneur.
After completing her Bachelor of Laws degree at the Université de Montréal in 2001, Joly became a member of the Bar of Quebec. She subsequently received the Chevening Scholarship and continued her studies at Brasenose College, Oxford, where she received a Magister Juris in comparative and public law in 2003. Joly also interned at Radio-Canada, in 2007.
At the beginning of her career, Joly practiced law at two major Montreal law firms, Stikeman Elliott and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. At the latter firm, her mentor was former Parti Quebecois premier Lucien Bouchard, who supplied her with a letter of recommendation for her Oxford application. She worked primarily in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency law. She was also a prosecutor before the Gomery Commission of inquiry.
In 2010, she became the first Quebecer to receive the Arnold Edinborough award, which recognizes philanthropic involvement within the Canadian cultural community.
In 2013, she was appointed to head the Quebec Advisory Committee for Justin Trudeau's campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.