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'''Lisa Helps''' is a Canadian left-wing politician and the current mayor of [[Victoria, British Columbia]]. Formerly a councillor on Victoria's city council, she defeated incumbent [[Dean Fortin]] to become mayor in the 2014 Victoria municipal election on November 15, 2014.<ref>http://www.lisahelpsvictoria.ca/inauguration</ref> As a [[community organizing|community organizer]], activist and [[social justice warrior]], Helps has put her [[leftist]] political and social views on full display in her public political role; at her swearing-in ceremony as mayor of Victoria on December 4, 2014, she stirred controversy by refusing to recite the oath of allegiance to [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and claimed that the city of Victoria was part of First Nations territory.<ref>[http://globalnews.ca/news/1709623/victorias-new-mayor-decides-not-to-pledge-allegiance-to-the-queen/ Victoria’s new mayor decides not to pledge allegiance to the Queen]</ref>
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