Robert Laramée
Canadian politician
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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]
