Comprehensive Agencence France -Presse and Bloomberg News reported that there were 102 candidates in this supplementary election. Zou Zhiyi successfully stood out with a 37.2%vote rate.32.5%, the head of the former police in Toronto, Sanders, won 8.6%.
Zou Zhiyu's victory ended the conservative governance of Toronto, the largest city of Canada for more than ten years.When Zou Zhiyi made a speech on Monday night, she pointed out that she was commissioned by voters for changing, and promised to increase real estate tax and provide more assistance to tenants to bear high rent.
Zou Zhizheng said to the supporters after the declaration of victory: "If you have questioned what we can do, if you have questioned your belief in a better future, and our side -by -side work can do more for each otherWhat, tonight is your answer. "
Zou Zhizheng, 66, was born in Hong Kong. At the age of 13, he immigrated to Canada with his family. In 1985, he entered the Toronto Public School Education Bureau and served as a public office for the first time.In 1991, she became the first Asian female city councilor in Toronto.
John Tory, then Toronto Mayor John Tory, admitted to his extramarital affairs last year and announced his resignation in February this year.The city of Toronto can only be selected for the selection of new mayors.
According to the China News Agency, the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and the Ontario Governor Ford, the Governor of Ontario, who had not supported Zou Zhiyu earlier, congratulated Zou Zhizheng for the election through social platforms.
Toronto currently has more than 3 million people and is the fourth largest city in North America.The Toronto Municipal Government positively recovers the challenges and pressures caused by people's livelihood issues such as the huge financial gap, housing burden crisis, and deterioration of public security after the recovery phase of the crown disease.
In the municipal elections in British Columbia, Canada in October last year, Shen Guanjian and Yu Xingyou became the first Chinese mayor in the history of Vancouver and Prince George.
