El-Chantiry celebrates 64 years today
WEST CARLETON – West Carleton’s only elected City of Ottawa councillor is celebrating his birthday this fine Friday, April 23.
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El-Chantiry turns 64 today, born in 1957 in Kab-Elias, Lebanon. El-Chantiry moved to Canada at 18 became a businessman running restaurants including the Lighthouse Restaurant in Constance Bay for many years. El-Chantiry was the first publicly elected Ward 5 City of Ottawa councillor in 2003 replacing retiring councillor Dwight Eastman who was Mayor of West Carleton prior to amalgamation in 2020. El-Chantiry has won five elections in the ward since 2003 including the most recent in 2018.
Kanata-Carleton MP Karen McCrimmon had a birthday message for the birthday boy.
“Happy Birthday Eli El-Chantiry,” McCrimmon released in a statement today (April 23). “Thank you for everything you do in West Carleton. Your leadership in our community means so very much to so many.”
