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'{{Infobox officeholder | constituency_MP1 = [[Toronto Centre]] | parliament1 = Canadian | term_start1 = October 26, 2020 | predecessor1 = [[Bill Morneau]] |birth_place= [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada |birth_date={{birth date and age|1969|7|29}} |occupation= Journalist, television host |nationality=[[Canadians|Canadian]] |known_for=Co-host of ''[[The Social (Canadian TV series)|The Social]]'', former news anchor for ''[[Canada AM]]'' }} '''Marci Ien''' (born July 29, 1969) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] broadcast [[journalist]] for [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].<ref name="dash">{{cite web |last1=Rushowy |first1=Kristin |title=Canada AM host Marci Ien inspired to call son Dash thanks to her own father’s motivational story |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2012/11/23/canada_am_host_marci_ien_inspired_to_call_son_dash_thanks_to_her_own_fathers_motivational_story.html |website=thestar.com |language=en |date=23 November 2012 |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=18 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054649/https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2012/11/23/canada_am_host_marci_ien_inspired_to_call_son_dash_thanks_to_her_own_fathers_motivational_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She has been a co-host on the CTV daytime talk show ''[[The Social (Canadian TV program)|The Social]]'' since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former ‘Canada AM’ host Marci Ien new co-host of ‘The Social’ {{!}} Toronto Sun |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/29/former-canada-am-host-marci-ien-new-co-host-of-the-social |language=en-CA |date=29 March 2017 |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613225359/http://www.torontosun.com/2017/03/29/former-canada-am-host-marci-ien-new-co-host-of-the-social |url-status=live }}</ref> Previously, she was a reporter for [[CTV News]] and a [[news presenter|co-anchor]] on the CTV morning program ''[[Canada AM]]''. On September 17, 2020, Ien was announced as the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]'s candidate in [[Toronto Centre]] for a [[By-elections to the 43rd Canadian Parliament|by-election]], to be held on October 26, 2020, to fill the seat vacated by former Finance minister [[Bill Morneau]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilmore |first1=Rachel |title=Broadcast journalist Marci Ien to run as Liberal candidate in Morneau's former riding |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/broadcast-journalist-marci-ien-to-run-as-liberal-candidate-in-morneau-s-former-riding-1.5109090 |accessdate=September 17, 2020 |work=CTV News |date=September 17, 2020 |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920065856/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/broadcast-journalist-marci-ien-to-run-as-liberal-candidate-in-morneau-s-former-riding-1.5109090 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Background== Originally one of the children on the Crossroads program ''[[Circle Square]]'',<ref name=whoswho>[http://www.whoswhoinblackcanada.com/2011/01/04/marci-ien/ Marci Ien] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312214937/http://www.whoswhoinblackcanada.com/2011/01/04/marci-ien/ |date=2014-03-12 }}. ''Who's Who in Black Canada'', January 4, 2011.</ref> Ien studied journalism at [[Ryerson University]].<ref name=whoswho /> She began her career at [[CHCH-TV]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]] in 1991 as a news writer and general assignment reporter.<ref name=whoswho /> In 1995 she began reporting from [[Queen's Park (Toronto)|Queen's Park]] in Toronto, with her reports appearing both on CHCH's local news and on [[Western International Communications|WIC]]'s national newscast ''[[Canada Tonight]]''.<ref name=whoswho /> In 1997 she moved to CTV as a reporter for [[CTV Atlantic]], covering major stories including the crash of [[Swissair Flight 111]] off [[Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=whoswho /> In 1995, Ien won a [[Radio Television Digital News Association]] Award for her news serial ''Journey to Freedom'', a look at the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref name=whoswho /> In 2008, she was the recipient of the Black Business and Professional Association Harry Jerome Award in the media category.<ref name=whoswho /> In 2014, she was granted the Planet Africa Award for excellence in media. In 2015, Ien garnered a [[Canadian Screen Award]] nomination in the Best Host category for her work on ''Canada AM''. In 2016, she was honoured with an African Canadian Achievement Award for her journalistic achievements. ==Electoral record== '''Note:''' Candidates' names are as registered with Elections Canada.<ref name="CandsTC">Final list will be available on 7 October. {{cite web |title=List of candidates - Toronto Centre (Ontario) |url=https://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35108&EV=52&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |publisher=Elections Canada |accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref><br> {{CANelec/top|CA|October 26, 2020|Toronto Centre|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=Resignation of [[Bill Morneau]]}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Marci Ien]]| 983| | }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Benjamin Gauri Sharma| 161| | }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|[[Annamie Paul]]|789 | | }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Brian Chang|418 | | }} {{CANelec|CA|Free Party Canada|Dwayne Cappelletti|7 | | }} {{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Keith Komar|8 | | }} {{CANelec|CA|PPC|Baljit Bawa|37 | | }} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|[[Kevin Clarke (politician)|Kevin Clarke]]|15 | | }} {{CANelec|CA|No affiliation|Above Znoneofthe|8 | | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| |&nbsp;|&nbsp;| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| | | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| | | }} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters| }} {{end}} ==Personal life== Ien is a [[Black Canadian]]<ref name=whoswho /> of [[Trinidadian]] descent.<ref name=dash/> She has two children, Blaize and Dash, with her husband Lloyd Exeter.<ref name=dash /> Ien was once romantically linked with, and had been engaged to, Canadian rapper and actor [[Maestro (rapper)|Maestro Fresh-Wes]].<ref>[http://www.chartattack.com/news/2000/06/13/maestro-gets-engaged/ "Maestro Gets Engaged"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302054018/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2000/06/13/maestro-gets-engaged/ |date=2018-03-02 }}. ''[[ChartAttack.com]]'', June 13, 2000.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|1499420}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ien, Marci}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actresses from Toronto]] [[Category:Black Canadian broadcasters]] [[Category:Canadian child actresses]] [[Category:Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent]] [[Category:Canadian television news anchors]] [[Category:Journalists from Toronto]] [[Category:Ryerson University alumni]] [[Category:Canadian women television journalists]] [[Category:Black Canadian women]] [[Category:CTV Television Network people]] [[Category:Canadian television talk show hosts]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian journalists]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian journalists]] [[Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons]]'