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. Fellow Liberal

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won on the first ballot. Marcel Proulx was a supporter of

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during the last leadership campaign of the Liberal Party of Canada. However, he served as

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for

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in 2007. On 16 October 2007, after much speculation, Proulx announced his resignation as Quebec lieutenant. The position of Quebec Lieutenant was offered to Pablo Rodriguez and

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but both refused. The position was later given to Senator

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. He was defeated by NDP candidate

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in the 2011 Canadian election in a landslide. Turmel would also succeed him as the Chief Opposition Whip in the

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. He is the first Liberal candidate ever defeated in Hull-Aylmer's 94-year history. Proulx became a real estate agent a few months after his defeat.

Electoral record

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1999 by-election.

References

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* * https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/hull-aylmer-mp-slammed-for-golf-gift-worth-thousands-1.636431 {{DEFAULTSORT:Proulx, Marcel 1946 births Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from the United Counties of Prescott and Russell Politicians from Gatineau