Marc Mayrand
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Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, Marc Mayrand studied law at the University of Ottawa and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He taught briefly, then joined the national Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy in 1982, and stayed until 2007. He rose to the top job there in 1997.
In 2007, he was appointed Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, an independent agency of the Parliament of Canada responsible for supervising the election campaign financing and voting methods. He refused to alter the voting procedure to require Muslim women to remove the veil, as it was not in the Elections Act as written by parliamentarians.
[edit] References
- Toronto Star. "Quiet civil servant stares down MPs"; 15 September 2007. Accessed 21 April 2008.
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