France Belisle elected new mayor of Gatineau

France Bélisle was elected mayor in Sunday's municipal election, becoming the first woman elected to hold the top job in the city of Gatineau.

The former head of Tourisme Outaouais and executive at Radio-Canada easily won Sunday's municipal election, succeeding Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin as mayor of Gatineau.

As of 10:50 a.m., Bélisle had received 43 per cent of the vote.

Action Gatineau candidate Maude Marquis-Bissonette was second with 38 per cent of the vote, while former Gatineau councillor Jean-Francois Leblanc was third at 16 per cent.

Jacques Lemay, Remi Bergeron and Abdelhak Lekbabi also wan for mayor in Monday's municipal election.