It’s official. For the first time in eight years, Montreal will have a new mayor: Soraya Martinez Ferrada.
The leader of Ensemble Montréal has made history by becoming the first person of Latin American heritage to claim the city's top job.
From her Chilean roots to her political experience, here's some info for you to learn more about Montreal's next mayor.
Fleeing a dictatorship
Born in 1972, Martinez Ferrada is originally from Santiago, Chile, putting her on a short list of Montreal mayors born outside of Canada.
She and her family moved to Canada as political refugees in 1980 when she was only eight years old, fleeing the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who took power after leading a coup that overthrew the government of Salvador Allende.
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