Robert Laramée

Robert Laramée is a Canadian politician and was a city councillor in Montreal, Quebec.

Background

Laramée holds a Bachelor’s degree in Recreation. According to "Fugues" magazine, he is openly gay.cite web |date=2005-10-27 |url=http://fugues.vortex.qc.ca/main.cfm?p=100&Article_ID=6513 |title=Municipales 2005, L’heure des choix |first=Michel |last=Joanny-Furtin |work=Fugues |accessdate=2007-08-17 |language=French]

City Councillor

Laramée successfully ran as Vision Montreal candidate to the City Council in the district of Père-Marquette in 1994 with 52% of the votes. In 1997 he left Vision Montreal to sit as an Independent, as several of his colleagues did. He ran as a candidate of Jacques Duchesneau's "Nouveau Montréal" in 1998, but lost against Vision Montreal candidate Jean-François Plante with only 33% of the vote.

He was re-elected in the district of Saint-Jacques in 2001 as a Vision Montreal candidate with 48% of the vote, against incumbent and former colleague Sammy Forcillo (44%).

Borough mayoral candidate

In 2005, Laramée tried to get elected Borough Mayor for Ville-Marie. He lost with 35% of the vote against Benoît Labonté (40%).

Retirement from political office

Laramée has been Vision Montréal Executive Director since 2006.cite web |url=http://www.visionmtl.com/english/personnel.html |title=Robert Laramée |work=Vision Montreal |accessdate=2007-08-17]

References

See also

* Vision Montreal Crisis, 1997