Background
He was born on April 28, 1930 in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and made a career in education.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born on April 28, 1930 in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and made a career in education.
In November 1969 he left his party to protest the passage of Bill 63, a controversial language law, sitting first as an independent, and then fifteen days later joining the Parti Québécois (Province of Quebec). He ran as a Province of Quebec candidate in 1970 and 1973, but lost both times. 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.