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.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

1. Joanny-Furtin, Michel (2005-10-27). "Municipales 2005, L'heure des choix". Fugues (in French). Retrieved 2007-08-17.
2. "Robert Laramée". Vision Montreal. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-08-17.

See also

• Vision Montreal Crisis, 1997