Stéphane Émard-Chabot

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Stéphane Émard-Chabot is a former Ottawa city councillor and currently Assistant Dean of the University of Ottawa law school. A native of Sandy Hill he has a B.Comm and law degree from Ottawa and a degree from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. After obtaining his degree he became a professor at La Cité collégiale and also head of the Action Sandy Hill community group. He was elected to city council in 1994 at age 28. Openly gay one of the first issues the city council faced was whether to recognize Gay Pride Day. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman pushed through a compromise that recognized a generic "Pride Day," much to the displeasure of Émard-Chabot and other councillors. One of the most left wing city councillors he supported legalizing prostitution. He also led the effort to scrap a municipal bylaw that forced stores to close at 6 p.m. He chose not to run for reelection in 2000, joining a private law firm. He also became chair of the board of the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, but was fired from this position, along with the rest of the board, after a 2004 dispute with city council.


Preceded by
Nancy Mitchell
(St. George's Ward)		 City councillors from Bruyère-Strathcona Ward
1994-2000		 Succeeded by
Madeleine Meilleur (Rideau-Vanier)
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