Soraya Marisel Martínez Ferrada Birth certificate of Soraya Marisel Martínez Ferrada, Civil Registry and Identification Service of Chile, 9 June 2022 (born 1972) is a Chilean-Canadian

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politician who was elected as a

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in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding Hochelaga during the 2019 Canadian federal election.

Early life

Martínez Ferrada was born on 28 August 1972 in

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, province of Santiago,

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, to Omar Martínez Prieto and Maritza Inés Ferrada Videla.

Career

Prior to her election in the House of Commons, she served as a city councillor for the Montreal City Council in the municipal electoral district of Saint-Michel as a member first of Union Montréal (2005 to 2007) and then of

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from 2007 to 2009, when she lost to Union Montreal candidate (now Quebec Liberal Party MNA for

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staffer. She gained her seat from the New Democratic Party, by a tight margin over the Bloc Québécois. After her election to

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, Martínez Ferrada was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the

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Personal life

Martínez Ferrada moved to

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in 1980, and lived in the East End of

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Electoral Results

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* Living people 1972 births Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Montreal city councillors Women members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century Canadian women politicians Chilean emigrants to Canada People from Santiago {{Quebec-MP-stub