Marcel Proulx (/ˈpruː/; born 6 March 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.
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 16 October 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. Turmel would also succeed him as the Chief Opposition Whip, in the 41st Canadian Parliament.
He is the first Liberal candidate ever defeated in Hull-Aylmer's 94-year history. Proulx became a real estate agent a few months after his defeat.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2011 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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| 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 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
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| Liberal | Marcel Proulx | 19,750 | 37.45 | $79,057 |
| Bloc Québécois | Raphaël Déry | 11,625 | 22.05 | $69,097 |
| New Democratic | 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 |
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| Total rejected ballots | 359 | | |
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| Turnout | 53,089 | 61.00 | |
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| Electors on the lists | 87,036 | | |
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| Canadian federal election, 2006: Hull—Aylmer |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
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| Liberal | 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 | 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 |
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| Total rejected ballots | 323 | | |
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| Turnout | 54,117 | 64.25 | |
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| Electors on the lists | 84,233 | | |
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| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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| 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 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% |
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| 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.
| Canadian federal by-election, 15 November 1999 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% |
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| Resignation of Marcel Massé, 10 September 1999 |
| 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 |
