Jérôme Proulx (April 28, 1930 – August 26, 2021) was a nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1966 to 1970 and from 1976 to 1985.
Early life and education He was born on April 28, 1930, in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, and made a career in education.
Career
Politics 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 a controversial language law, sitting first as an independent, and then fifteen days later joining the Parti Québécois (PQ). He ran as a PQ candidate in 1970 and 1973, but lost both times.
He was returned to the legislature in 1976 and won re-election in 1981. During the Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984, Proulx temporarily sat as an Independent to promote a more proactive approach concerning the promotion of sovereignty. Proulx lost re-election in 1985.
Writing He authored Un panier de crabes in 1971.
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