Sébastien Proulx

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Sébastien Proulx


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cabinet= House Leader of the Opposition
term_start=April 25, 2007
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predecessor= André Gabias
birth_date= birth date and age |1975|03|28
birth_place= Montreal, Quebec
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party= Action démocratique du Québec
party colour= ADQ
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riding=Trois-Rivières (2007-present)
portfolio= Electoral reform, education
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spouse= Guylaine Roy|

Sébastien Proulx (born March 28, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec politician. He is the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the electoral district of Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada. He is a lawyer and was the main political consultant to ADQ leader Mario Dumont until his election.

Background

Proulx has a bachelor's degree in law from the Université du Québec à Montréal and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1999. He practiced law for four years. He also worked in a consultation committee of Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Proulx first ran in the 2003 election in Laviolette, but finished third with 14 % of the vote. Liberal incumbent Julie Boulet was re-elected with 53% of the vote.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

In the 2007 election, Proulx ran again and was elected with 37% of the vote. Liberal incumbent André Gabias, finished second with 28% of the vote. During the campaign, Proulx was one of the ADQ's main spokepersons. He was previously the director of the party in 2004.

On March 29, 2007, Proulx was appointed Official Opposition House Leader and the critic for electoral reform and parliamentary reform. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/03/29/004-adq-responsables-assemblee.shtml Dumont désigne ses lieutenants, Radio-Canada, March 29, 2007] ] [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070329/CPACTUALITES02/70329186/6461/CPACTUALITES02 Dumont présente les membres de son équipe, Cyberpresse, March 29, 2007] ] On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister for Access to Information. [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070419/CPACTUALITES/70419084/6488/CPACTUALITES Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007] ]

Federal Politics

Proulx campaigned on behalf of local Conservative candidate Claude Durand during the federal election of 2008. [ [http://elections.radio-canada.ca/elections/federales2008/2008/09/18/019-pcc-quebec-sieges.shtml Des sièges québécois sur un plateau adéquiste, Radio-Canada, September 18, 2008] ]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/Membres/notices/o-p/pros4.shtml Sébastien PROULX] at National Assembly of Quebec