Wilfrid Girouard
Wilfrid Girouard | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Drummond—Arthabaska | |
| In office 1925–1939 | |
| Preceded by | Napoléon Kemner Laflamme |
| Succeeded by | Armand Cloutier |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Arthabaska | |
| In office 1939–1942 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph-David Gagné |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Horace Plourde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 9, 1891 Drummondville, Quebec |
| Died | October 26, 1980 (aged 89) Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Other political affiliations | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Relations | Joseph-Éna Girouard, father |
| Cabinet | Attorney General (1939-1942) |
Wilfrid Girouard (September 9, 1891 – October 26, 1980) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Drummond—Arthabaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1926 to 1939 as a Liberal member and represented Arthabaska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1939 to 1942.[1]
He was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Éna Girouard and Emma Watkins, and was educated at the Collège d'Arthabaska, the Collège Sainte-Marie, Loyola College and McGill University. Girouard was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1916 and set up practice at Arthabaska with Joseph-Édouard Perrault. In 1926, he was named King's Counsel. Girouard was bâtonnier for Quebec in 1940 and 1941. He was married twice: to Thérèse Marsil in 1923 and to Marie-Louise-Florence Côté in 1949.
He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1939 and was elected to the Quebec assembly that year. Girouard served in the Quebec cabinet as Attorney General from 1939 to 1942. In 1942, he was named judge in the Quebec Superior Court for Trois-Rivières district and served in that post until 1963. He died at Quebec City at the age of 89 and was buried at Arthabaska.
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Drummond—Arthabaska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 9,301 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Marier | 3,926 | ||||||
| Farmer | Luc Louis Philippe Poulin de Courval | 1,130 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Drummond—Arthabaska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 9,600 | ||||||
| Conservative | Henri-Édouard St-Sauveur | 3,814 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election: Drummond—Arthabaska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 11,241 | ||||||
| Conservative | Agésilas Kirouac | 7,784 | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Drummond—Arthabaska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid Girouard | 14,125 | ||||||
| Conservative | Roland Provencher | 7,411 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Élie Lalumière | 1,067 | ||||||
References
[edit]- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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- 1891 births
- 1980 deaths
- Canadian King's Counsel
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
- Judges in Quebec
- People from Drummondville
- McGill University alumni
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec