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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name= Marcel Proulx
| image= <!--marcelproulx.jpg  commenting out image with no source/bad FairUse claim-->
| term_start= 1999
| term_end= 2011
| predecessor= [[Marcel Massé]]
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|3|6}}
| birth_place= [[L'Orignal, Ontario|L'Orignal]], Ontario
| successor= [[Nycole Turmel]]
| office1= [[Party Whip (Canada)|Chief Opposition Whip]]
| term_start1= 7 September 2010
| term_end1= 2 May 2011
| predecessor1= [[Karen Redman]]
| successor1= [[Nycole Turmel]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| profession= [[Business administration|administrator]], businessman, [[executive assistant]]
| party= [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| residence =[[Gatineau]], Quebec
| constituency_MP= [[Hull—Aylmer]]
| parliament= Canadian
| relations= [[Edmond Proulx]], grandfather<br>[[Isidore Proulx]], great-grandfather
| footnotes=
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| predecessor2=
| successor2=
| spouse= Pamela Proulx
| religion= 
|}}

'''Marcel Proulx''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|uː}}; born 6 March 1946 in [[L'Orignal, Ontario|L'Orignal]], Ontario) is a retired Canadian politician.

Proulx is a former member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], 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 House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[39th Canadian Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2006/03/20/libs-marleau-and-proulx-to-challenge-milliken-for-speakers-chair-conservative-mp-turner-still-not-sure-if-he-wants-job-but-speaker-needs-to-be-tough-son-of-a-bitch/159791|title=Libs Marleau and Proulx to challenge Milliken for Speaker's chair|work=Thee Hill Times|date=20 March 2006|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>  Fellow Liberal [[Peter Milliken]] won on the first ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/milliken-re-elected-speaker-as-parliament-resumes-1.602551|title=Milliken re-elected Speaker as Parliament resumes|publisher=CBC News|date=3 April 2006|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/351569/plc-bonne-mauvaise|title=Un nouveau lieutenant pour le Québec|publisher=Radio-Canada|date=3 May 2007|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> On 16 October 2007, after much speculation, Proulx announced his resignation as Quebec lieutenant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dion-lieutenantless-in-quebec/article1084596/|title=Dion lieutenantless in Quebec|work=The Globe and Mail|date=16 October 2007|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> The position of Quebec Lieutenant was offered to [[Pablo Rodríguez (Canadian politician)|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 landslide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/turmel-topples-100-year-liberal-dynasty-in-hull-aylmer|title=Turmel topples 100-year Liberal dynasty in Hull-Aylmer|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=3 May 2011|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> Turmel would also succeed him as the [[Party Whip (Canada)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/after-losing-in-2011-election-proulx-turns-to-real-estate|title=After losing in 2011 election, Proulx turns to real estate|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=3 March 2014|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Nycole Turmel]] |35,194|59.20%|+39.37%| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marcel Proulx|12,051|20.27%|-17.20%| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Nancy Brassard-Fortin |6,058|10.19%|-4.94%| }}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ| Dino Lemay |5,019|8.44%|-13.63%| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Roger Fleury |1,125|1.89%|-3.37%| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|59,447|100.00% |}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|355|&ndash;|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|59,802|&ndash;|}}
{{end}}

{{2008 Canadian federal election/Hull—Aylmer}}

{{2006 Canadian federal election/Hull—Aylmer}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marcel Proulx|20,135|41.87|-9.53 | $61,882}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Alain Charette|15,626 |32.49|+9.41 | $22,285}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pierre Laliberté|5,709|11.87|+8.38 | $23,285}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Pierrette Bellefeuille|3,963 |8.24|-9.72| $11,618}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Gail Walker|2,561 |5.33|&ndash;| $2,380}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Christian Legeais|98 |0.20|-0.04| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|48,092|100.00 | $81,460}}
{{end}}
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marcel Proulx|22,385|51.40|-2.63}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Tony L. |title=Canadian Politics, Riding by Riding: An In-depth Analysis of Canada's 301 Federal Electoral Districts |year=2002 |publisher=Prospect Park Press |isbn=978-0-9723436-0-2 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opvmE2AExc8C&dq=%22Marcel+Proulx%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA170 |language=en}}</ref>
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Caroline Brouard|10,051 |23.08|-2.40}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Guy Dufort|4,181|9.60|+1.39 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Michel Geisterfer|3,639|8.36|+7.36 }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Peter Piening|1,521 |3.49|-4.19}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marijuana|Aubert Martins|892 |2.05|	}}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Rita Bouchard|426 |0.98|+0.39}}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Ron Gray|184 |0.42|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Action|Robert Brooks|167|0.38|	 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Alexandre Legeais|106|0.24|	 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|43,552|100.00}}
{{end}}
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1999 by-election.

{{CANelec/top|CA|15 November 1999|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec/note|Resignation of Marcel Massé, 10 September 1999}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marcel Proulx|9,532|54.03|-0.08 }}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Robert Bélanger|4,495 |25.48|+4.70}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Richard St-Cyr |1,448|8.21|-9.51 }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Alain Cossette|1,356|7.69|+4.93 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Gail Walker|307|1.74|+0.51 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Ron Gray|176 |1.00|+0.42}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Luiz Da Silva |175 |0.99|-0.97}}
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Jean-Claude Pommet|103|0.58|+0.03 }}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|John C. Turmel|51|0.29| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|17,643|100.00}}
{{end}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/hull-aylmer-mp-slammed-for-golf-gift-worth-thousands-1.636431

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