George Albert Proud (9 April 1939 – 23 October 2019) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2000.

George Proud
Member of Parliament
for Hillsborough
In office
21 November 1988 – 26 November 2000
Preceded byThomas McMillan
Succeeded byShawn Murphy
Personal details
Born
George Albert Proud

(1939-04-09)9 April 1939
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died23 October 2019(2019-10-23) (aged 80)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada (1988-2000)
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party (1974-1979?)
Professionproperty 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

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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

References

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Member of Parliament from Hillsborough
1988–2000
Succeeded by