Hugh Proudfoot

John Hugh Proudfoot was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a breeder and lumberman by career.
The son of A.G. Proudfoot and Esther M. Creighton,
Hugh Proudfoot was born in Fort-Coulonge, Quebec where he served as mayor from 1945 to 1950. In 1937, he married Iva Winifred Langford. In the 1949 federal election, he won a Parliamentary seat at the Pontiac—Témiscamingue riding. Proudfoot was re-elected for successive terms in 1953 and 1957, then in 1958 was defeated by Paul Martineau of the Progressive Conservative party.
Proudfoot died in 1980, aged 68.