Isidore Proulx

Isidore Proulx
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Prescott
In office 1891–1904
Preceded by	Simon Labrosse
Succeeded by	Edmond Proulx
Personal details
Born	(1840-03-13)March 13, 1840 Saint-Hermas, Lower Canada
Died	July 28, 1904(1904-07-28) (aged 64)
Political party	Liberal
Relations	Marcel Proulx, Great-grandson
Children	Edmond Proulx

Isidore Proulx (March 13, 1840 – July 28, 1904) was an Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure. He represented Prescott in the House of Commons of Canada, as a Liberal Party member from 1891 to 1904.

Proulx was born in Saint-Hermas, Lower Canada in 1840, and he served as clerk for Saint-Hermas for 20 years. In 1861, he married Philomène Lalande. Proulx ran unsuccessfully in the riding of Deux-Montagnes for a seat in the Quebec legislative assembly in 1874. He moved to Plantagenet, Ontario in 1881, where he was a justice of the peace and served five years as reeve for . His first election in 1891 was declared invalid after an appeal but he won the subsequent by-election. After his death in office in 1904, his son Edmond was elected to replace him in the House of Commons.

References[]

• Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963)
• Isidore Proulx – Parliament of Canada biography
• The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 JA Gemmill

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