Montréal elects its first female Mayor
375 years after Jeanne Mance became one of the co-founders of Montréal, the city elected its first female Mayor. It was a historic night as Valérie Plante, the leader of “Projet Montréal”, pulled off an upset and was elected 45th Mayor of Montréal. She defeated one-term incumbent Denis Coderre, making it the first time since the 1960s a sitting mayor was denied a second term. For months leading up to the campaign and for most of the campaign, nobody taught she had a chance. However, Plante is one for pulling…
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