Stephen Blais

• Catherine Kitts set to become Cumberland Ward councillor in Ottawa

  Catherine Kitts has unofficially won the Cumberland Ward byelection in Ottawa with 54 per cent of the vote.

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  Oct 6, 2020
  
• City of Ottawa pushing proxy voting as COVID-safe alternative in Cumberland Ward byelection

  Ottawa elections officials hope proxy and mail-in voting options will help give residents confidence in the safety of the process during the byelection.

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  Sep 28, 2020
  
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• Decision on Cumberland ward council seat to be deferred until after coronavirus pandemic

  Cumberland ward will remain without a formal councillor for the foreseeable future, city council decided Wednesday.

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  Apr 22, 2020
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• Coronavirus response in Ottawa throws Cumberland byelection date in the air

  The City of Ottawa's three deputy mayors will handle matters related to the east-end ward until a new councillor is sworn in.

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  Mar 25, 2020
• Stephen Blais resigns from Ottawa city council following Ontario byelection victory

  The Cumberland Ward councillor's resignation was expected after he won the Orléans provincial byelection for the Ontario Liberals on Feb. 27.

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  Mar 5, 2020
• City staff endorse June 8 byelection to replace Ottawa councillor elected to Queen’s Park

  It would cost about $375,000 to hold a byelection in Cumberland Ward to replace Stephen Blais, according to a memo sent to councillors on Friday.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2020
• Ontario Liberals win provincial byelections in Ottawa-Vanier, Orléans

  Stephen Blais won Orléans for the Ontario Liberal Party, while Lucille Collard took Ottawa-Vanier.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2020
• Few gains for downtown Ottawa city councillors in latest committee shuffle

  No councillors representing wards in Ottawa's urban core have served on the city's powerful finance committee since the current council was elected in late 2018.

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  Feb 21, 2020
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• Ottawa city councillor running in Ontario byelection quits committee chair job, hydro board seat

  Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais said he's also giving up his salary while he vies for a seat in the Ontario legislature because he won't routinely be at city hall.

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  Jan 31, 2020
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• Two Ottawa byelections to be held at end of February

  The Ottawa-Vanier seat has been vacant since the summer, when Liberal Nathalie Des Rosiers resigned, and Liberal Marie-France Lalonde left Orleans in October to represent the riding federally.

  Politics

  Jan 29, 2020