MONTREAL — Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a former federal Liberal minister, has taken the lead in Montreal’s mayoral election, as results roll in from municipal elections that took place Sunday across Quebec.

A victory for Martinez Ferrada, who leads the centrist party Ensemble Montréal, would represent a vote for change in Montreal, which has been led for the past eight years by the left-leaning Projet Montréal.

Outgoing mayor Valérie Plante announced last year she would not seek a third term after first being elected mayor in 2017. Her replacement at the helm of Projet Montréal, Luc Rabouin, has been trailing consistently since polls closed at 8 p.m. An hour later, roughly 17 per cent of polling stations had reported results.

By 9:15 p.m. Martinez Ferrada had 47 per cent of the vote, beati

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