14 Facts About Stephen Blais

Stephen Blais won the ward in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election, defeating the incumbent Rob Jellett.

Stephen Blais was re-elected in the 2014 and 2018 municipal elections.

Stephen Blais was first elected as a Trustee in 2006 when he defeated the incumbent.

In 2006, Stephen Blais endowed a bursary at Carleton University for high school students from Orleans, Ontario.

In 2010, Stephen Blais was elected the city councillor for Cumberland Ward, defeating the two-term incumbent, Rob Jellett.

In 2011, Stephen Blais successfully spearheaded a campaign to ban smoking on outdoor patios in Ottawa.

In 2013, Stephen Blais proposed that Ontario should re-upload Highway 174 and if not, allow the City of Ottawa to introduce a toll on out-of-town users to help pay for the much needed widening of the highway with the addition of a dedicated bus lane to Rockland.

In 2014, Stephen Blais was named Chair of the City of Ottawa Transit Commission.

Stephen Blais was re-elected in the 2014 and 2018 municipal elections.

In October 2019, Stephen Blais announced that he would be seeking the Liberal nomination for the provincial riding of Orleans, which had been left vacant when Marie-France Lalonde stepped down to run for the federal Liberal Party.

Stephen Blais has served as the Ontario Liberal critic for several areas:.

In 2021, Stephen Blais introduced a private member's bill, Uploading Highways 174 and 17 Act, 2021, to return Highway 174 and Highway 17 back to provincial jurisdiction.

On January 7,2013, while working out at a local gym, Stephen Blais suffered a heart attack.

Stephen Blais was initially treated at Montfort Hospital before being transferred to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.