She worked as a community organizer and activist before being elected as a Montreal city councillor in 2013. Three hundred and seventy-five years after Jeanne Mance, Montreal finally has its first female mayor,” Plante told supporters at her victory party Sunday, referring to the female French settler and co-founder of Montreal. MONTREAL—Voters picked Valérie Plante as the first female to be elected mayor of Montreal, opting for a relative newcomer with big-ticket promises over an incumbent who has been one of the city’s best-known and longest-serving politicians. Cowell-Poitras stood in again as the city’s mayor for seven days in June 2013 after Tremblay’s council-elected replacement, Michael Applebaum, was arrested on corruption charges. The figure undercut Coderre’s claim of sound economic management, particularly after Montreal invested $24 million to host the car race.

Source: thestar November 06, 2017 02:37 UTC