Marcel Proulx

Marcel Proulx
Member of Parliament for Hull—Aylmer
In office 1999–2011
Preceded by	Marcel Massé
Succeeded by	Nycole Turmel
Personal details
Born	March 6, 1946 (1946-03-06) L'Orignal, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Pamela Proulx
Residence	Gatineau, Quebec
Profession	administrator, businessman, executive assistant

Marcel Proulx ( /ˈpruː/; born March 6, 1946 in L'Orignal, Ontario) is a Canadian politician.

Proulx is a former member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, having represented the riding of Hull—Aylmer from 1999 to 2011. Proulx is a former administrator, businessman, claim adjuster, and executive assistant. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and is the current Chair of the Sub-Committee on Private Members’ Business of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole, frequently being the Acting Speaker.

Proulx ran for Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons in the 39th Canadian Parliament.[1] Fellow Liberal Peter Milliken won on the first ballot.^{[citation needed]}

Marcel Proulx was a supporter of Michael Ignatieff during the last leadership campaign of the Liberal Party of Canada. However, he served as Quebec lieutenant for Stéphane Dion in 2007. On October 16, 2007, after much speculation, Proulx announced his resignation as Quebec lieutenant. The position of Quebec Lieutenant was offered to Pablo Rodriguez and Denis Coderre but both refused. The position was later given to Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.

He was defeated by NDP candidate Nycole Turmel in the 2011 Canadian election in a massive landslide. He is the first Liberal candidate ever defeated in Hull-Aylmer's 94-year history.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nycole Turmel	35,194	59.20%	+39.37%
	Liberal	Marcel Proulx	12,051	20.27%	-17.20%
	Conservative	Nancy Brassard-Fortin	6,058	10.19%	-4.94%
	Bloc Québécois	Dino Lemay	5,019	8.44%	-13.63%
	Green	Roger Fleury	1,125	1.89%	-3.37%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,447	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			355	–
Turnout			59,802	–

Canadian federal election, 2008: Hull—Aylmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Marcel Proulx	19,750	37.45	$79,057
	Bloc Québécois	Raphaël Déry	11,625	22.05	$69,097
	New Democratic Party	Pierre Ducasse	10,454	19.83	$45,531
	Conservative	Paul Fréchette	7,996	15.16	$56,752
	Green	Frédéric Pouyot	2,784	5.28	$3,327
	Marxist-Leninist	Gabriel Girard-Bernier	121	0.23	none listed
Total valid votes/Expenditure limit			52,730	100.00	$89,492
Total rejected ballots			359
Turnout			53,089	61.00
Electors on the lists			87,036

Canadian federal election, 2006: Hull—Aylmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Marcel Proulx	17,576	32.67	$74,347
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Charette	15,788	29.35	$36,796
	Conservative	Gilles Poirier	9,284	17.26	$57,405
	New Democratic Party	Pierre Laliberté	8,334	15.49	$28,016
	Green	Christian Doyle	2,687	4.99	$1,907
	Marxist-Leninist	Gabriel Girard-Bernier	125	0.23	$19
Total valid votes/Expenditure limit			53,794	100.00	$82,541
Total rejected ballots			323
Turnout			54,117	64.25
Electors on the lists			84,233
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcel Proulx	20,135	41.87	-9.53	$61,882
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Charette	15,626	32.49	+9.41	$22,285
	New Democratic	Pierre Laliberté	5,709	11.87	+8.38	$23,285
	Conservative	Pierrette Bellefeuille	3,963	8.24	-9.72	$11,618
	Green	Gail Walker	2,561	5.33	–	$2,380
	Marxist–Leninist	Christian Legeais	98	0.20	-0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,092	100.00	$81,460

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

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Marcel Proulx	22,385	51.40	-2.63
	Bloc Québécois	Caroline Brouard	10,051	23.08	-2.40
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Dufort	4,181	9.60	+1.39
	Alliance	Michel Geisterfer	3,639	8.36	+7.36
	New Democratic	Peter Piening	1,521	3.49	-4.19
	Marijuana	Aubert Martins	892	2.05
	Natural Law	Rita Bouchard	426	0.98	+0.39
	Independent	Ron Gray	184	0.42
	Canadian Action	Robert Brooks	167	0.38
	Marxist–Leninist	Alexandre Legeais	106	0.24
Total valid votes			43,552	100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1999 by-election.

By-election on 15 November 1999 Resignation of Marcel Massé, 10 September 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcel Proulx	9,532	54.03	-0.08
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Bélanger	4,495	25.48	+4.70
	Progressive Conservative	Richard St-Cyr	1,448	8.21	-9.51
	New Democratic	Alain Cossette	1,356	7.69	+4.93
	Green	Gail Walker	307	1.74	+0.51
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	176	1.00	+0.42
	Reform	Luiz Da Silva	175	0.99	-0.97
	Natural Law	Jean-Claude Pommet	103	0.58	+0.03
	Independent	John C. Turmel	51	0.29
Total valid votes			17,643	100.00

External links

• Marcel Proulx - Parliament of Canada biography
• http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/06/20/ot-proulx-gift-070620.html