Stéphanie Plante
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Stéphanie Plante | |
|---|---|
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mathieu Fleury |
| Constituency | Rideau-Vanier Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1979 (age 46) |
| Spouse(s) | Orest Zakydalsky[1] David Moncur[2] (div.)[3] |
| Children | 1[4] |
| Alma mater | University of Windsor |
Stéphanie Plante (born July 1979)[5][6] 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.
Plante was born in Tecumseh, Ontario,[7] the daughter of a Swiss mother and a Quebecois father.[8]
Plante attended the University of Windsor, where she received a bachelor's and master's 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[7] in 2004,[9] 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 rename 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]