Wendy Stewart

Wendy Stewart (née Thomas; is a former Ottawa City Councillor and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor. While on council, she was described as being a fiscal conservative.

Stewart was born in Ottawa, and attended South Carleton High School while living in Hazeldean, Ontario, now a suburb of Ottawa. While a student at South Carleton, she was crowned "Miss Ottawa Rough Rider" in 1970, as well as "Miss Sweetheart" at her school. During her term as Miss Ottawa Rough Rider, she endorsed Howard Henry's candidacy for the Ontario Liberal Party nomination in the 1971 provincial election in Ottawa West. A month later, Stewart finished third in the "Miss Eastern Ontario" competition. Stewart easily won the election with 7215 votes to her opponent, social worker Val Parkinson's 2797.

In her first term, Stewart served as vice president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and was a members of its environment committee. On regional council, she sat on three committees. In the 1997 election she ran on a platform of holding the line on taxes and being an accountable representative. Stewart was easily re-elected over her opponent, tax agent Daryl Martin 6855 votes to 1093.

When the regional government was abolished, Stewart was elected to represent the same ward on Ottawa City Council in 2000. She was re-elected over day-care administrator Dave Hagerman 9687 votes to 2368.

As of 2013, she is living in Westport, Ontario.