Jérôme Proulx (April 28, 1930 – August 26, 2021) was a

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politician in

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, Canada and a member of the

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from 1966 to 1970 and from 1976 to 1985. He was born on April 28, 1930 in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and made a career in education. Proulx won a seat in the 1966 Quebec election in the district of Saint-Jean as a member of the Union Nationale. In November 1969 he left his party to protest the passage of Bill 63,Chronology of the Yves Michaud Affair, Claude Bélanger, Department of History, Marianopolis College
/ref> a controversial language law, sitting first as an independent, and then fifteen days later joining the

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(PQ). He ran as a PQ candidate in

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and

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, but lost both times. He was returned to the legislature in

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and won re-election in

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. During the Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984, Proulx temporarily sat as an Independent to promote a more proactive approach concerning the promotion of

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. Proulx lost re-election in

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. He authored ''Un panier de crabes'' in 1971.

References

1930 births 2021 deaths French Quebecers Parti Québécois MNAs People from Saint-Jérôme Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs {{PartiQuébécois-Quebec-MNA-stub