Stéphanie Plante
Stéphanie Plante | |
|---|---|
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mathieu Fleury |
| Constituency | Rideau-Vanier Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1979 Tecumseh, Ontario |
| Spouse(s) | Orest Zakydalsky[1] David Moncur[2] (div.)[3] |
| Children | 1[4] |
| Residence | Sandy Hill[5] |
Stéphanie Plante (born July 1979)[6][7] is a Canadian politician. She is currently the city councillor for Rideau-Vanier Ward on Ottawa City Council. She was first elected in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election.
Early life
[edit]Plante was born in Tecumseh, Ontario,[8] the daughter of a Swiss mother and a Quebecois father.[9]
Plante attended the University of Windsor, where she received a bachelors and masters degree in political science. While attending the university, she did an internship with Liberal Member of Parliament Herb Gray, resulting in a move to Ottawa[8] in 2004,[5] first settling in Vanier.[1] After moving to Ottawa, she worked for Elections Canada, and taught municipal governance at the University of Ottawa.[4] In 2020, as a member of the Sandy Hill Community Association, Plante began a successful campaign to re-name a neighbourhood park after local artist Annie Pootoogook who had drowned in 2016.[10]
In 2017, she was a gestational surrogate for a gay couple, who now live in Spain.[3]
Career
[edit]Rideau-Vanier Ward's councillor Mathieu Fleury announced he was not running for re-election in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election, leaving the seat open. Plante decided to run for the seat, citing working for "every level of government, [being] a volunteer in the community, and [knowing] the issues and how the system works".[11] In the campaign, Plante won the endorsement of former Liberal MPP Madeleine Meilleur and former mayor Jacquelin Holzman.[12] Her main priorities in the election were improving health-care options and attracting new doctors to the ward, by having the city consult with physicians to see how to make the community attractive,[13] opposing more homeless shelters, promotion and protection of the ByWard Market, more affordable housing and making the ward's neighbourhoods safer.[14] In the election, Plante won the ward by just 323 votes, or 37% of the vote, defeating fellow University of Ottawa professor Laura Shantz.
Following her election, Plante was named Vice-Chair of the Built Heritage Committee and was named to the Community Services Committee, the Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee, to the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, and the Shaw Centre Board of Directors.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meet our new Councillor". Lowertown Echo. November 15, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "MONCUR(Plante)". Windsor Star. October 23, 2010. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ a b Rae, Kate (June 22, 2018). "Why Donald Trump And A Bad Divorce Made Me Decide To Become A Surrogate". Chatelaine. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ^ a b "Stéphanie Plante targets more walkable Rideau-Vanier as councillor-elect". Capital Current. 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ a b "Stéphanie Plante - Councillor - Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier". City of Ottawa. 15 November 2022.
- ^ @PlanteSteph613 (July 20, 2019). "Shout-out to Loula Bakes who did my 40th birthday cake. J'adore!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Rideau-Vanier race draws crowded field". CBC. September 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ a b "Stéphanie Plante". University of Windsor.
- ^ "Rideau-Vanier: Stéphanie Plante, prête à tout" (in French). Le Droit. November 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "Ottawa park dedicated to late Inuk artist". CBC. November 7, 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "Rideau-Vanier council candidate ready to be the voice of her community". CityNews. August 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "La Franco-Ontarienne Stéphanie Plante succède à Mathieu Fleury dans Rideau-Vanier" (in French). Radio-Canada. October 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "New Rideau-Vanier councillor hitting the ground running". CTV. October 26, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "Stéphanie Plante beats out crowded field in Rideau-Vanier". CBC. October 24, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "More urban representation among Ottawa committee chairs, downtown stays out of Transit Commission". CTV. December 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-29.