Paulina Ayala
Paulina Ayala is a Canadian politician who served as Member of Parliament for the riding of Honoré-Mercier from 2011 to 2015. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. She succeeded Pablo Rodríguez of the Liberal Party.
She was born in Santiago, Chile and was a leader in the student movement and in citizens’ rights organizations during the Pinochet dictatorship. She later immigrated to Canada in 1995 and settled in Montreal. She earned a certificate in French as a second language and multicultural education from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has a diploma in education, history and geography.
In the 2015 federal election, Rodriguez defeated Ayala in a re-match.
Ayala ran in the 2018 Quebec general election in Rosemont for the provincial NDP but lost by a large margin.
Ayala contested the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel in the 2019 federal election but lost.Electoral record
re-match.Electoral record
