Edmond Proulx, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edmond Proulx

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 21-May-1875

Place of Birth: Saint-Hermas, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1956

Profession: judge, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Edmond Proulx

  • Edmond Proulx (May 21, 1875 – December 26, 1956) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure.
  • He represented Prescott in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1904 to 1921 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as an Independent Liberal from 1923 to 1929. He was born in Saint-Hermas, Quebec in 1875, the son of Isidore Proulx and Philomène Lalande, and grew up in Plantagenet, Ontario.
  • Proulx studied at the Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec, the University of Ottawa, St.
  • Michael's College, Toronto and Osgoode Hall.
  • He articled in Ottawa and Toronto, was called to the bar and set up practice in L'Orignal in 1904.
  • He was elected to the House of Commons later that year in a by-election held after the death of his father.
  • In 1907, he married RenĂ©e Audette.
  • Proulx ran unsuccessfully for the Prescott seat as an Independent Liberal in 1921 but was elected to the provincial assembly two years later, defeating Gustave Évanturel, the official Liberal candidate.
  • In 1929, he was named a judge for Sudbury district. Proulx retired from the bench in 1950.
  • He died in Sudbury at the age of 81.

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