Olivia Chow has won the election to become the first Chinese-born mayor of Toronto. Chow, a former member of Canada’s parliament and a Toronto city councilor, won 37% of the vote, campaigning on a platform of creating 25,000 affordable housing units in the city of 2.7 million people, where homelessness is on the rise. She will succeed John Tory, who resigned just four months later after admitting to an extramarital affair with a staffer. Chow is also facing other issues in Toronto, including a crumbling transit system and violent crime.

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