US EditionFormer federal minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada elected mayor of Montreal
Soraya Martinez Ferrada pledges to end homeless encampments in four years and audit bike lanes amid voter turnout of 38%, marking a shift from Projet Montréal’s leadership.
- 1- Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a former federal minister, has been elected Montreal’s new mayor, ending eight years of left-leaning leadership. 2- She led the centrist party Ensemble Montréal and gained support from voters dissatisfied with outgoing Mayor Valérie Plante’s government. 3- In her victory speech, she highlighted breaking a new “glass ceiling” as Montreal’s first mayor from a diverse background, following Plante, the city’s first female mayor.
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Eight years after Valérie Plante, the "mistress of bicycles", Montreal changed course. The former centrist minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada, who had emerged from Chilean immigration, imposed himself with 43% of the votes and promised to turn the page of an eco-progressive era judged to be breathless.
Former Liberal Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada Elected Montreal Mayor
Montrealers have chosen former Liberal Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada as their new mayor in a vote that toppled the city’s more left-leaning government after eight years in power. Martinez Ferrada, a former Chilean refugee and leader of the Ensemble Montréal, is replacing outgoing Mayor Valérie Plante, who announced last year she would not pursue a third term at the helm of Projet Montréal. Ferrada defeated Plante’s successor as leader…
Former federal minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada is elected mayor of Montreal
Montrealers have chosen Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a Chilean refugee who became a federal minister, as their new mayor in a vote for change that has unseated the city's left-leaning government of the last eight years.
Soraya Martinez Ferrada won a convincing victory and won the majority of seats on the city council.
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