Career
He represented the electoral district of Pictou West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956. Proudfoot was born in 1908 at Scotsburn, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Proudfoot entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, winning the newly established Pictou West riding.
He was re-elected in the 1953 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Harvey Veniot by 9 votes.
Proudfoot was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1956, losing to Veniot by 88 votes. Proudfoot died in 1986.
