Might be a first for Canada but it already has happened in the US and with an interesting twist.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/new...100706_8512894
Quote:
New Jersey Town Elects Muslim Mayor, Jewish Deputy
A First In The U.S.
A suburban New Jersey township elected a Muslim mayor and an Orthodox Jewish man as his deputy in what was thought to be a nationwide first, U.S. broadcaster ABC reported Tuesday.
Teaneck's nonpartisan Township Council voted to appoint both men last week to the two-year positions.
The community of about 39,000 people -- which has large African-American, Jewish and Muslim populations -- was also one of the first places to voluntarily integrate its public schools during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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