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.

Martinez Ferrada, who leads the centrist party Ensemble Montréal, tapped into the dissatisfaction of many Montrealers with the government of outgoing Mayor Valérie Plante, who announced last year she would not seek a third mandate at the head of Projet Montréal. She has defeated Plante's successor, Luc Rabouin, who said Sunday he would resign as leader of the progressive party.

During her victory speech Sunday night, Martinez Ferrada said Montreal has broken a new "glass ceiling" by electing its first mayor from a diverse background. Plante, who swept to power in 2

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