Laura Dudas
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Laura Dudas | |
|---|---|
| Ottawa City Councillor | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jody Mitic |
| Constituency | Innes Ward |
| Deputy Mayor of Ottawa | |
| In office December, 2018 Serving with Matthew Luloff, George Darouze – December 1, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Monette, Mark Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1978 |
| Spouse | Mike Dudas |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Blackburn Hamlet |
Laura Dudas, née Czekaj (born November 1978) is a Canadian politician. She was elected to Ottawa City Council representing Innes Ward in the 2018 Ottawa municipal election.
Dudas grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, the daughter of a Richard, a welder and Linda Czekaj, a Sears employee.
Dudas was a journalist working in Cambridge for the Cambridge Reporter[1] and Stratford, Ontario before working at the Ottawa Sun from 2002 to 2010. Following her journalism career, she worked for the City of Ottawa[2] as a communications official.[3] She also served as the President of the Blackburn Community Association and served on the Orléans Chamber of Commerce. She and her family moved to Blackburn Hamlet in 2006.[4]
Dudas first ran for council in the 2014 Ottawa municipal election, but lost to Jody Mitic. When Mitic retired, Dudas ran again in 2018, and won 41% of the vote, defeating her nearest rival, Donna Leith-Gudbranson by nearly 1700 votes.
Dudas, along with George Darouze and Matthew Luloff was appointed as a deputy mayor of the city in December 2018.[5]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ottawa election: Laura Dudas wins Innes ward". Ottawacitizen.com. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Ottawa Votes: What you need to know about the candidates in Innes". Ottawacitizen.com. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Ottawa Citizen, December 12, 2018, pg A4, "Mayor's picks for the top job