predecessor successor birth_place office term_start article_title term_end name occupation
nancy mitchell '' wards reorganized '' ottawa , ontario ottawa city councillor for bruyère-strathcona ward 1994 stéphane Émard-chabot
 2000 stéphane Émard-chabot lawyer
stéphane Émard-chabot

stéphane Émard-chabot is a former ottawa city councillor and has been assistant dean of the university of ottawa law school since 2001 .
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 and opening a boutique on sussex drive in ottawa with his boyfriend .
he closed the store three years later .
he was also appointed as chair of the board of directors of the ottawa community housing corporation in 2000 after leaving politics , but was fired from this position , along with the rest of the board , after a 2004 dispute with city council .
in addition to his work at the university of ottawa , he has worked with local media -lrb- cbc , radio-canada and the french-language paper `` le droit '' -rrb- as a municipal affairs columnist .
