Francis Drouin
Francis Drouin 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.
Early life
Drouin was born and raised in Hawkesbury, Ontario. 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. Drouin won the federal Liberal nomination for the 2015 federal election in January 2015. 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-FoodHe 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.
Controversies
In April 2018, Drouin was alleged to have groped a woman at a Halifax bar during the Liberal Party policy convention. Drouin denied the allegations stating he was misidentified. Police did not lay charges.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".