Gallery 2 - Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)
6. Edmundston : transports, industries, commerces and services
J. Hervé Proulx (1899-1960) (am_2142)
Hervé Proulx was born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec and studied at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière,
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and Rivière-du-Loup. In 1922, he married Marie-Anna Malenfant and moved to
Edmundston where he first worked as a baker and grocer. He was, among other things, vice-president
of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Lions Club in Edmundston. He was the mayor of
Edmundston from 1936 to 1946 and a Member of Parliament for Madawaska County from 1944 to 1948.
Photo around 1936. Studio Laporte. PC1-116, collection CDEM, ShM.
