George Proud
Canadian politician (1939–2019)
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George Albert Proud (9 April 1939 – 23 October 2019) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2000.
9 April 1939
George Proud | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Hillsborough | |
| In office 21 November 1988 – 26 November 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas McMillan |
| Succeeded by | Shawn Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Albert Proud 9 April 1939 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Died | 23 October 2019 (aged 80) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Party | Liberal Party of Canada (1988-2000) Prince Edward Island Liberal Party (1974-1979?) |
| Profession | property supervisor |
Proud was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. From 1974 to 1979, he was a provincial politician in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a Councillor for the 5th Queens provincial electoral district.
Proud moved to federal politics in 1988 general election when he was elected in the Hillsborough electoral district for the Liberal party. He was re-elected in the 1993 and 1997 federal elections. His national Parliament experience spanned the 34th, 35th and 36th Canadian Parliaments.
After leaving federal politics as of the 2000 federal election, Proud became a member of the Canadian Transportation Agency in 2001. He died in 2019 at the age of 80 at a hospital in Charlottetown.[1]
Electoral record
| 1997 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Proud | 7,630 | 40.87 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 5,751 | 30.80 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mitchell Tweel | 4,594 | 24.61 | |||||
| Reform | Blaine Jensen | 476 | 2.55 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 145 | 0.78 | |||||
| Natural Law | Paula Price | 74 | 0.40 | |||||
| Turnout | 18,847 | 71.2% | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Proud | 11,976 | 60.57 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 5,269 | 26.65 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 1,143 | 5.78 | |||||
| Reform | Freeman T. Whitty | 744 | 3.76 | |||||
| National | Dave Patterson | 350 | 1.77 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 167 | 0.84 | |||||
| Natural Law | Peter Cameron | 123 | 0.62 | |||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Proud | 8,897 | 43.68 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas McMillan | 8,638 | 42.41 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dody Crane | 1,984 | 5.78 | |||||
| Independent | David Weale | 569 | 2.79 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 281 | 1.38 | |||||
