Jérôme Proulx | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Jean |
Predecessor: | Philodor Ouimet |
Successor: | Jacques Veilleux |
Term Start: | 1966 |
Term End: | 1970 |
Predecessor2: | Jacques Veilleux |
Successor2: | Pierre Lorrain |
Term Start2: | 1976 |
Term End2: | 1985 |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1930 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec |
Party: | Union Nationale (1966–1969) Parti Québécois (1969–2021) |
Jérôme Proulx (April 28, 1930 – August 26, 2021)[1] 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.
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,[2] 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.
He authored Un panier de crabes in 1971.