Stella Ambler (born September 29, 1966) is a

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politician who served as the

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for the federal electoral district of

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from 2011 to 2015. She is a member of the

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Background

Ambler's parents are Italian immigrants who met and married in Canada, settling in

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then moving to

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. She obtained a degree in psychology from the

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. Ambler married her husband, Richard Ambler, in 1992. She worked as a political advisor to the Ontario government but left this position to stay at home and raise her children for nine years. They lived in Brampton together before moving to

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

Lorne Park Lorne Park is a suburban residential neighbourhood located in southwestern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, that was first established as a resort. History Lorne Park shares a common history with Clarkson. Before the arrival of the Europeans, all ...

neighbourhood.

Politics

Ambler was the Director of Regional Affairs (Greater Toronto Area) to the Minister responsible for Ontario, the former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. She ran in the 2008 federal election in the riding of

Bramalea—Gore—Malton Bramalea—Gore—Malton (formerly known as Brampton—Malton and Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada. In 2015, it was dissolved into ...

, but was defeated by Liberal

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. In the 2011 election she defeated Liberal MP Paul Szabo in the riding of

. Both Szabo and Ambler are strong supporters of the movement to criminalize abortion services. Ambler was a

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MP in the

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government. In 2013, Ambler was appointed Chair of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women. A year later, the Committee released a report on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women that called for more action on the issue. Critics of the report complained that the report failed to recommend the establishment of a national inquiry into the issue. The Liberals campaigned on establishing such an inquiry. The Trudeau government established the Inquiry immediately after defeating the Harper Conservatives. Ambler is a supporter of the

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movement. In 2012, she voted in favour of a

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sponsored by Stephen Woodworth that sought to review the definition of conception under the criminal code. In 2013, she voted in favour of another private member's bill that sought to ban sex-selective abortions. In May 2015, she participated in a rally that urged demonstrators to vote for

candidates in the upcoming election. Ambler was the Conservative candidate in the 2015 election for the new riding of

Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Lakeshore (formerly Mississauga South) is a federal electoral district in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Geography The riding includes the Mississauga nei ...

. On August 4, 2015, she was defeated by

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in the 42nd general election. In 2020, Stella moved to the town of

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, Ontario. On November 27, 2020, it was reported that she launched her campaign to become the next candidate for the

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to represent the riding of

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Electoral record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambler, Stella 1966 births Canadian politicians of Italian descent Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Living people People from Etobicoke Politicians from Mississauga Politicians from Toronto Women in Ontario politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians