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"twitter:title": "Mathieu Fleury: candidate for Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario in Zone 10, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario in Zone 10 · Ottawa 2026 # Mathieu Fleury Former City Councillor for Rideau-Vanier (2010 to 2022), now a candidate for trustee of the French public school board in Zone 10 against Réda Lounis; his campaign lists three priorities. Mathieu Fleury is on the City of Ottawa’s list of nominated candidates for trustee of the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO, the French public school board) in Zone 10, which covers City Wards 12 and 13, with a nomination filed on August 14, 2026. The City’s open data files list him as Councillor for Rideau-Vanier, ward 12, in the terms of 2010 to 2014, 2014 to 2018 and 2018 to 2022, and CBC reports that he did not run in 2022. The City’s minutes record the votes he cast and the motions he moved in three meetings, including a 2020 motion on safe supply of drugs that Council carried 18 to 3. His campaign website lists three priorities: students and schools, student success, and francophone governance. The other candidate in the zone is Réda Lounis. The sitting trustee, Sonia Boudreault, is not running again, according to Le Droit and the Ottawa Citizen. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Mathieu FleuryOttawa municipal election *Mathieu FleuryConseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontariov.* 01 / Introduction ## About Mathieu Fleury The City of Ottawa’s open data file of nominated candidates (workbook of August 29, 2026), sheet CEPEO, shows Mathieu Fleury in Zone 10 with a nomination filed on August 14, 2026 and no withdrawal. The other nomination in the zone is Réda Lounis, filed on August 21, 2026. CTV News Ottawa’s guide to the school board races lists Zone 10 as Wards 12 and 13 and links his name to his campaign website. The board’s election page names the area of sector 10 as Rideau-Vanier and Rideau-Rockcliffe. The board’s release of October 25, 2022 names Sonia Boudreault as elected for sector 10, and the City’s 2022 sheet for Zone 10 gives her 2,285 of the 2,982 votes cast, ahead of Warsama Aden with 375 and Joseph-Alphonse André with 322. Le Droit and the Ottawa Citizen both report that she is not running again in 2026. The City’s own records show his service as a City Councillor. The City’s open data files of Elected Officials for 2010 to 2014, 2014 to 2018 and 2018 to 2022 each list Mathieu Fleury as Councillor for Rideau-Vanier, ward 12. CBC reported on May 10, 2022 that he was elected in 2010, 2014 and 2018, chaired the board of directors of Ottawa Community Housing, sat on the Transportation Committee and on the Community and Protective Services Committee, and had decided not to run in the October 2022 election. CBC wrote that he gave the toll of the pandemic on the job, and a wish to contribute in other ways, as his reasons. CBC’s ward guide of August 25, 2026 adds that Stéphanie Plante won the ward in 2022 after Fleury left municipal politics. The City’s minutes of November 9, 2022, which a motion in them calls the last meeting of the term, record him moving motions and voting. How to read the City’s minutes: the member who moves a motion proposes it, and the seconder is a second member who supports it so that it can be debated. Carried means passed, and lost means defeated. The minutes list how each member voted only when a recorded vote was taken. The lists below come from three sets of minutes that voche.me opened, and many other meetings of his twelve years were not read. In the special City Council meeting of May 27, 2020, held by electronic participation, Councillor Fleury moved Motion 34/15, with Councillor McKenney as seconder. It asked the Mayor to write to the provincial and federal ministers of health and ask them to fund an expanded safe supply of drugs in Ottawa. The motion describes safe supply as controlled amounts of pharmaceutical-grade drugs, with housing and other supports, for people with addictions. The minutes show it carried on a division of 18 yeas and 3 nays. Fleury is among the yeas, and Councillors El-Chantiry, Darouze and Hubley are the three nays. CBC reported the same three names. CBC quoted him on May 13, 2020, before the vote, saying that the pandemic had shown that people without housing, with addictions or with mental health needs are even more vulnerable. At the same meeting Council took up the growth plan for the new Official Plan. The minutes list Fleury among the yeas on Motion 34/3, which proposed the No Expansion Scenario (all new homes of 2041 to 2046 inside the built-up area), lost 8 to 13, and on Motion 34/4, which proposed that 70 per cent of new homes in 2041 to 2046 be built inside the built-up area, lost 9 to 12. He is also one of the six nays when Council carried the committees’ recommendations, as amended, by 15 to 6. He moved Motion 34/9, with Councillor Harder as seconder, which directed staff to include Official Plan policies on better design standards and on spreading homes across the area inside the greenbelt. The minutes show it carried with no member dissenting. In the minutes of March 27, 2019 he moved Motion 10/7, with Mayor Watson as seconder, to bury overhead hydro wires on two sections of Montreal Road, between North River Road and Palace Street and between St. Anne Street and L’Eglise Street. The motion shared the cost with Hydro Ottawa and put the City’s estimated share at $1.1 million, paid from the existing Montreal Road project budget. The minutes show it carried and list no vote by name. CBC reported on March 23, 2019 that Mayor Watson and Fleury proposed a property tax rebate for businesses that redevelop property on Montreal Road, and the article does not report a Council vote on it. In the minutes of November 9, 2022 he gave Council a direction to staff to study zoning changes and heritage protections, including heritage conservation districts, to make up for the design controls in Sandy Hill and other neighbourhoods that the proposed changes in the provincial Bill 23 would remove. The minutes say the direction was accepted and that his related Sandy Hill motion, seconded by Councillor King, was withdrawn. He also asked for a separate vote on two by-laws about lands on Montreal Road, Montfort Street and Ste. Anne Avenue, one of which removed a zoning hold (a condition that stops building until it is met). Council voted 10 to 12 against that request. Fleury is among the 10 in favour. After Council, CBC reported on October 9, 2024 that the City of Cornwall announced he was no longer its chief administrative officer, a job to which Cornwall hired him in August 2023 for a five-year term. The announcement gave no reason, and CBC wrote that he declined its request for an interview. CBC also reported that he had been interim executive director of J.W. MacIntosh Community Support Services, a housing and community support organization in Williamsburg, Ontario. Le Droit reported that he also worked as a consultant for Stratford Group, a management consulting firm based in Ottawa. These are the news outlets’ reports, and voche.me did not check them with the employers. His campaign website, in French and English, presents him as a parent, a former student of École élémentaire publique Francojeunesse and an advocate for the francophone community. It says he has two children who attend French-language schools, that his path went from Francojeunesse to Franco-Cité and the University of Ottawa, and that he serves on the boards of Hôpital Montfort and the community radio station Unique FM. It says his experience in governance, public finance, strategic planning and representing residents will serve students and parents. These are the campaign’s statements about him. The Hôpital Montfort website answered voche.me with a bot-check page, so the board seat was not checked there, and the Ottawa Citizen wrote that he has sat on boards that include Montfort Hospital. Le Droit quotes him on August 25, 2026. He said he is worried. In the past year he followed the provincial education file, and he said that Ontario’s power structures will change for francophones even though members of the Legislature said they were not there to change anything. He said a trustee needs a more political outlook, that political advocacy at cultural events such as the Festival franco-ontarien is now being questioned, and that the principle of school boards run by and for francophones is affected. Le Droit adds that Law 33, adopted in November 2025, widens the Minister of Education’s powers over school boards and expressly protects the language and cultural aspects of French-language boards. He told Le Droit that he left politics by choice in 2022, that the mood at City Hall was heavy, that he needed a break, that he made his decision this summer after talking with Sonia Boudreault, parents and other trustees, and that a trustee’s role is one of governance and strategy more than a City Councillor’s role. The Ottawa Citizen quotes him on August 22, 2026 saying he does not come with one issue to fix. He said the trustee role differs from that of a councillor and a chief administrative officer, and that the board needs good governance and active, engaged parents. He said that both roles involve hearing from the community and connecting residents to officials. VoteMate lists him with no profile and no promises, and the sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him that relates to a school board. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### For students and schools His campaign says it wants student success and well-being at the centre of board decisions.
Read the full position It lists modern, safe and accessible places to learn. It lists modernizing school buildings and schoolyards. It lists making schools community spaces.
[Mathieu Fleury · campaign website (French page) ](https://mathieufleury.ca/) 02 ### Education and the success of each student His campaign says it values support for teachers and all school staff.
Read the full position It says each student’s success depends on close work among parents, school staff and the community. It says that in a changing world the school must pass on essential knowledge and encourage innovation.
[Mathieu Fleury · campaign website (French page) ](https://mathieufleury.ca/) 03 ### Our francophone community, governed by and for francophones His campaign says it wants to protect the gains of the francophone community and its control of its own school governance.
Read the full position It lists recognizing the history of the people who defended these rights and teaching it to all students. It lists fully welcoming immigrant families and parents whose first language is not French.
[Mathieu Fleury · campaign website (French page) ](https://mathieufleury.ca/) [City of Ottawa · Council minutes, May 27, 2020 (safe supply motion and Official Plan votes)](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=57e56d0d-5436-48ce-9d46-10bd25467265&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English) [City of Ottawa · Council minutes, November 9, 2022](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=c84c9326-a0ec-4936-b0fc-16ac60f879d4&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English) [City of Ottawa · Council minutes, March 27, 2019](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=f73975d3-1f24-4ef1-483e-2974d4e03b63&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English) [Le Droit · Mathieu Fleury veut faire son retour en politique comme conseiller scolaire](https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/actualites-locales/ottawa/2026/08/25/mathieu-fleury-veut-faire-son-retour-en-politique-comme-conseiller-scolaire-GQLWL6BGMFHYXKSI5EZPT55CMU/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s open data file of nominations, the City’s 2022 official results for CEPEO Zone 10, the City’s three open data files of Elected Officials for 2010 to 2022, the City’s minutes of Council meetings of March 27, 2019, May 27, 2020 and November 9, 2022, the board’s election page and its release of October 25, 2022, his campaign website (French page, with the English page compared), the Le Droit article of August 25, 2026, the Ottawa Citizen article of August 22, 2026 as republished by Yahoo News Canada, the CTV News Ottawa article of August 20, 2026 and its guide to school board candidates, CBC articles of 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2026, the Lowertown Echo interview of September 2022, and the VoteMate listing, which holds no profile text. Gaps. The City’s page for the CEPEO could not be read, so any accounts that he gave the City are unknown. His campaign website links no social media account. The website of Hôpital Montfort answered with a bot-check page and was not read, so the hospital board seat comes from the campaign and from news reports only. The City’s list of Council meetings on eScribe starts on June 27, 2012, so his first term before that date is not in the minutes, and only three of the meetings from 2012 to 2022 were read. His votes on most items are unknown. The campaign’s list of supporters is shown on the website as images and was not read. The Ottawa Citizen’s own page is open to subscribers only, so the Yahoo copy was read. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. 03 / Background ## Experience & community Terms of 2010 to 2014, 2014 to 2018 and 2018 to 2022 ### City Councillor for Rideau-Vanier (ward 12), City of Ottawa The City’s open data files of Elected Officials for the three terms each list him as Councillor for ward 12, Rideau-Vanier. CBC reports that he was first elected in 2010 and did not run in 2022. [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2018-2022](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/a83b06f414844711a08dbb3c79db33e3) Until 2022, as reported by CBC ### Chair of the board of directors, Ottawa Community Housing CBC reported on May 10, 2022 that he chaired the board. In a September 2022 interview he said he had chaired it for the past 8 years. [CBC News · Mathieu Fleury not seeking re-election in Rideau-Vanier, May 10, 2022](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mathieu-fleury-not-running-2022-1.6447569) Until 2022, as reported by CBC ### Member, Transportation Committee and Community and Protective Services Committee, City of Ottawa CBC reported both committee seats on May 10, 2022. [CBC News · Mathieu Fleury not seeking re-election in Rideau-Vanier, May 10, 2022](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mathieu-fleury-not-running-2022-1.6447569) August 2023 to October 2024, as reported by CBC ### Chief administrative officer, City of Cornwall CBC reports that Cornwall hired him in August 2023 for a five-year term and announced on October 9, 2024 that he was no longer in the role. The announcement gave no reason. [CBC News · Former Ottawa councillor Mathieu Fleury leaves job in Cornwall, October 9, 2024](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/former-ottawa-councillor-mathieu-fleury-leaves-job-in-cornwall-1.7347747) After 2022, as reported by CBC ### Interim executive director, J.W. MacIntosh Community Support Services CBC reports that he went on to serve in this role at the Williamsburg, Ontario organization after he left Council. It gives no dates. [CBC News · Former Ottawa councillor Mathieu Fleury leaves job in Cornwall, October 9, 2024](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/former-ottawa-councillor-mathieu-fleury-leaves-job-in-cornwall-1.7347747) Reported by Le Droit on August 25, 2026 ### Consultant, Stratford Group (management consulting, Ottawa) Le Droit reports that he worked as a consultant for the firm. The article gives no dates. [Le Droit · Mathieu Fleury veut faire son retour en politique comme conseiller scolaire, August 25, 2026](https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/actualites-locales/ottawa/2026/08/25/mathieu-fleury-veut-faire-son-retour-en-politique-comme-conseiller-scolaire-GQLWL6BGMFHYXKSI5EZPT55CMU/) Stated on his campaign website in October 2026 ### Board member, Hôpital Montfort and Unique FM His campaign website says he serves on both boards. Le Droit repeats the Montfort seat as current, and the Ottawa Citizen says he has sat on boards that include Montfort Hospital. voche.me could not check either board’s list. [Mathieu Fleury · campaign website (French page)](https://mathieufleury.ca/) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Mathieu Fleury directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Mathieu Fleury's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Mathieu Fleury? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Mathieu Fleury's own campaign.
Does Mathieu Fleury currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Mathieu Fleury.
How many sources does this Mathieu Fleury profile cite? This profile lists 23 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Mathieu Fleury's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Mathieu Fleury in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Mathieu Fleury is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates (sheet CEPEO; workbook of August 29, 2026) ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2022 Elections Official Results (Statement of Votes Cast), sheet CEPEO\_Zone\_10 ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ec1423ac43254bff8692fabd5d47772b)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2010-2014 ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5c2a5c2389674b06a529d5d0386b3656)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2014-2018 ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/b54e1e04b6764ba6ba50b9c0378f4b06)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2018-2022 ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/a83b06f414844711a08dbb3c79db33e3)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, March 27, 2019 (eScribe) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=f73975d3-1f24-4ef1-483e-2974d4e03b63&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · Special City Council minutes, May 27, 2020 (eScribe) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=57e56d0d-5436-48ce-9d46-10bd25467265&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, November 9, 2022 (eScribe) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=c84c9326-a0ec-4936-b0fc-16ac60f879d4&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for Ottawa school board trustee, September 9, 2026 (updated October 5, 2026) ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-ottawa-school-board-trustee/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CEPEO · Élections scolaires 2026 (sectors for the 2026 election) ](https://cepeo.on.ca/elections/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CEPEO · Résultats du CEPEO aux élections scolaires du 24 octobre 2022, October 25, 2022 ](https://cepeo.on.ca/2022/10/25/resultats-du-cepeo-aux-elections-scolaires-du-24-octobre-2022/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [VoteMate · Mathieu Fleury, CEPEO Zone 10 (listing with no profile text) ](https://votemate.org/ontario2026/candidates/14682)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Mathieu Fleury · campaign website (French page) ](https://mathieufleury.ca/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Le Droit · Mathieu Fleury veut faire son retour en politique comme conseiller scolaire, August 25, 2026 ](https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/actualites-locales/ottawa/2026/08/25/mathieu-fleury-veut-faire-son-retour-en-politique-comme-conseiller-scolaire-GQLWL6BGMFHYXKSI5EZPT55CMU/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Ottawa Citizen, republished by Yahoo News Canada · Why Mathieu Fleury is running for a trustee position with a French public school board, August 22, 2026 ](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/why-mathieu-fleury-running-trustee-220701209.html)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Former Ottawa councillors Mitic, Fleury eye new roles in politics, August 20, 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/former-ottawa-councillors-mitic-fleury-eye-new-roles-in-politics-in-octobers-municipal-election/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Mathieu Fleury not seeking re-election in Rideau-Vanier, May 10, 2022 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mathieu-fleury-not-running-2022-1.6447569)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Former Ottawa councillor Mathieu Fleury leaves job in Cornwall, October 9, 2024 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/former-ottawa-councillor-mathieu-fleury-leaves-job-in-cornwall-1.7347747)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Coun. Fleury urges expanded safe supply of opioids, May 13, 2020 (updated May 27, 2020) ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid-19-opioid-mathieu-fleury-safe-supply-1.5566353)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · City touts tax plan to boost business on Montreal Road, March 23, 2019 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-vanier-economic-development-1.5065343)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Rideau-Vanier: Here’s who’s running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 25, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rideau-vanier-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7312594)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Lowertown Echo · Exit interview with Councillor Mathieu Fleury, September 2022 ](https://lowertownechoarchive.ca/2022/09/19/exit-interview-with-councillor-mathieu-fleury/)Checked October 7, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Mathieu Fleury · campaign website](https://mathieufleury.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario**Abdelhakim Messaoudi**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/abdelhakim-messaoudi) [Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario**Abdelkader Amar Berrahou**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/abdelkader-amar-berrahou) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Mathieu Fleury a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.