Gaëtan Primeau
| Gaëtan Primeau | |
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| Montreal City Councillor for Tétreaultville | |
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Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Ivon Le Duc |
| Opposition Leader on Montreal City Council | |
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In office October 2009 – November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Benoît Labonté |
| Succeeded by | Louise Harel |
| Chair of the Vision Montreal caucus | |
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In office 2008–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Claire St-Arnaud |
| Succeeded by | Benoit Dorais |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1941 |
| Political party | Vision Montréal |
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec |
Gaëtan Primeau (born April 16, 1941) is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has served on the Montreal city council since 2005, representing the east-end ward of Tétreaultville as a member of Vision Montreal.
Primeau was born in Montreal. He has a certificate in surveying from Collège Ahuntsic and a certificate in civil engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. Before entering political life, he worked for thirty years as an employee of the City of Montreal, including a term in the office of the chair of the Montreal executive committee (i.e., the municipal cabinet).
Primeau was first elected to council in the 2005 municipal election. Mayor Gérald Tremblay's Montreal Island Citizens Union (MICU) won a majority government in this election, and Primeau served as a member of the official opposition. In late 2006, he spoke against a proposal to rename Montreal's Parc Avenue after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa. In the same period, he joined with fellow councillor Laurent Blanchard in a "bathrobe protest," showing up to a 6 am budget meeting dressed in his bathrobe and arguing that the meeting had been scheduled too early for public participation. In 2008, he was appointed to the municipal committee on transportation, infrastructure management, and the environment.
Primeau was chosen as Vision Montreal's caucus leader in December 2008. Two months later, he publicly defended party leader Benoît Labonté against criticisms from former executive director Robert Laramée, who had called on Labonté to resign or be ousted in the face of weak polling numbers. Labonté ultimately resigned as Vision Montreal leader in June 2009 and was replaced by Louise Harel.
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