Edmond Proulx (May 21, 1875 – December 26, 1956) was an

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lawyer and political figure. He represented Prescott in the

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as a Liberal member from 1904 to 1921 and in the

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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

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, the

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and

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. He articled in

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and Toronto, was called to the bar and set up practice in L'Orignal in 1904. He was elected to the House of Commons in the general election later that year after the death of his father. In 1907, he married Renée 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 Gustave Évanturel (March 19, 1879 – February 9, 1934) was an Ontario notary and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1923 as a Liberal and Independent Liberal and in the House of ...

, the official Liberal candidate. In 1929, he was named a judge for Sudbury district. Proulx retired from the bench in 1950. He died in

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at the age of 81.

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