Lorraine Pagé

Lorraine Pagé
Montreal City Councillor for Sault-au-Récollet
In office
2013–2017
Preceded byÉtienne Brunet
Succeeded byJérôme Normand
Personal details
Born1947
Political partyVrai changement pour Montréal

Lorraine Pagé (born 1947) is a Canadian politician and trade unionist.[1] She previously served on Montreal City Council as councillor for the district of Sault-au-Récollet in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville from 2013 to 2017.[2]

Earlier, she also served as head of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec from 1988 to 1999, and was the first woman to lead a major labour union in the province.[1]

She ran in the 2013 municipal election as a candidate of the Vrai changement pour Montréal party.[1] On election day, she won the seat by a margin of just one vote over Nathalie Hotte of the Équipe Denis Coderre.[2] After party leader Mélanie Joly was not elected to city council, Joly stepped down as leader in 2014, and Pagé was then selected as Joly's successor.[3]

Pagé later became an independent member, and was succeeded as party leader by Justine McIntyre.[4] Pagé, who ran against Team Coderre in the election of 2013, decided to join Équipe Denis Coderre for the one in 2017. She stated that the party was created as a vehicle for Melanie Joly, who has since left for federal politics, serving as the heritage minister.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mélanie Joly recrute sa mère et l'ex-syndicaliste Lorraine Pagé". Radio-Canada, October 1, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Élections municipales – Lorraine Pagé élue par une voix". Le Devoir, November 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mélanie Joly n'est plus chef du Vrai changement pour Montréal". Radio-Canada, September 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Justine McIntyre dirigera le parti Vrai changement pour Montréal" (in French). canoe.ca. AgenceQMI. 18 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Three councillors make jump to Team Coderre for next election". Montreal. 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2020-11-01.