Marilissa Gosselin
Ontario PC Candidate
Glengarry – Prescott – Russell

The experience of working with start-up companies, small businesses, and multinationals has given Marilissa Gosselin the necessary knowledge and skills to help make Ontario lead again.

A fully bilingual Certified Management Accountant with several years of experience within the private and public sectors, she has developed an expertise in cost accounting, contract bidding, budget analysis and forecasting – skills that will be valuable to the Ontario PC team as we tackle the large deficit that the
McGuinty Liberals have racked up over the years.

She knows the importance of accountability, something that has been sorely lacking under the Liberal regime.

A graduate of Université du Québec en Outaouais in Finance in 2002, Marilissa earned her Certified Management Accounting designation in 2006.

She worked in an accounting firm in Orleans and for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities before joining Waste Management in 2005. At the age of 26 she was named Pricing Manager for Eastern Canada for Waste Management, making her one of the youngest executives in the Fortune 500 firm.

After three years with the firm she joined the Ministerial office of the Hon. Vic Toews when he was president of the Treasury Board. As a policy adviser she reviewed Treasury Board submissions to ensure programs were aligned with government’s priorities and developed policies on financial reporting and internal audits to increase transparency and accountability throughout government, skills and experiences that will come in handy when the next Ontario PC government tackles the McGuinty Liberal deficit.

Marilissa has been committed to volunteering for almost all of her life. Whether it’s been as a teacher for young cross country skiers, a fundraiser for arts councils, a volunteer for Franco-Ontario radio, or serving residents of Forest Park as treasurer of the local homeowners association, Marilissa has been an active participant in her community.

Her commitment to community and democracy goes further than local involvement. She has also traveled to Peru independently to meet with representatives of the Institute of Liberty and Democracy, a Lima-based think tank devoted to the promotion of property rights in developing countries.

Marilissa is no stranger to politics. Besides serving as Ontario PC riding association president in Glengarry – Prescott – Russell, she’s helped manage federal campaigns and conducted interviews at both the local and national level. Her father, Gaëtan Gosselin, is a former town councilor in the Northern Ontario municipality of Mattice.