Eli El-Chantiry

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Eli El-Chantiry
Ottawa City Councillor
In office 2003 – 2010
Preceded by	Dwight Eastman
Constituency	West Carleton-March Ward
Born	April 23 1957 ( 1957-04-23) (age 51) Kab-Elias, Lebanon
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Maha

Eli El-Chantiry (born April 23, 1957 in Kab-Elias, Lebanon) is an Ottawa City Councillor.

He was born in Lebanon and moved to Canada with his family at age eighteen to escape the violence there. He became a prosperous businessman, owning the Lighthouse Restaurant in Constance Bay in West Carleton.

El-Chantiry ran for city council in the 2003 Ottawa election to replace retiring Dwight Eastman. He won, defeating retired schoolteacher Adele Muldoon by 29 votes.

According to the Ottawa Sun (1 October 2006), El-Chantiry is a Liberal.

Following the 13 June 2007 decision by Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien to resign as Chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, El-Chantiry was nominated as the board's new leader, an appointment to be confirmed later in June 2007.[1]

[edit] External links

• City biography
• CBC News. "Ottawa Votes 2006: West Carleton-March", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 13 November 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. 
• Lewis, Katie. "Ward 5: One-term incumbent returns to City Hall with voters' concerns ringing in his ears", Ottawa Citizen, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "with files from Kenyon Wallace" 

Preceded by Dwight Eastman	City councillors from West Carleton Ward 2003-2006	Succeeded by Ward abolished
Preceded by Ward created	City councillors from West Carleton-March Ward 2006-present	Succeeded by Incumbent