Montreal Elects First Fil-Canadian Borough Mayor

Stéphanie Valenzuela has made history as Montréal’s first Filipina-Canadian borough mayor, winning Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce with 50.75% of the vote under Ensemble Montréal. She defeated incumbent Gracia Kasoki Katahwa of Projet Montréal (See FilipinoTV for story).

Millennial Is First Filipina Elected to Montreal City Gov't

Stephanie Valenzuela (Source: Rappler)

Stephanie Valenzuela, a millennial, a Montreal city councilor, is the first Filipino Canadian to ever be elected to the Montreal local government, and possibly in the whole of Quebec province (See Rappler for story).