Sébastien Proulx (born March 28, 1975) is a

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politician. He was an

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(ADQ) Member of the

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(MNA) for the electoral district of

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from 2007 to 2008. He is a lawyer and was the main political consultant to ADQ leader

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until his election.

Background

Proulx has a

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in law from the

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and was admitted to the

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in 1999. He practised law for four years. He also worked in a consultation committee of Directeur général des élections du Québec. Proulx first ran in the 2003 election in Laviolette, but finished third with 14 per cent of the vote behind

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incumbent

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Member of the Provincial Legislature

In the 2007 election, Proulx ran again and was elected with 37% of the vote. Liberal incumbent

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, finished second with 28% of the vote. During the campaign, Proulx was one of the ADQ's main spokespersons. He was previously the director of the party in 2004. On March 29, 2007, Proulx was appointed

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and the critic for

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and parliamentary reform. On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister for Access to Information. Even though he was considered one of the ADQ's most effective parliamentarians and benefited from a high approval rating from his constituents, Proulx lost his seat as a result of the

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. He finished third with 19% of the vote. Proulx subsequently rejoined the

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, and was the party's candidate in a 2015 by-election in

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Federal politics

Proulx campaigned on behalf of local

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/ref> Durand finished a distant second against

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incumbent

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in the district of

Electoral record

Footnotes

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