Plante Wins Second Term in Montreal on Housing, Police Plan

Valerie Plante won a second term as mayor of Montreal, fending off predecessor Denis Coderre’s attempt to climb back to power after a campaign dominated by housing costs, gun violence and transportation issues.

Plante, 47, the first woman to lead Canada’s second-most populous city, had received 52% of the vote in Sunday’s municipal ballot with nearly all polls counted according to the city’s election website. She has vowed to buy more land to build affordable housing, cap a property tax increase at 2% next year and boost the size of the police force.