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Wilfrid Girouard

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Wilfrid Girouard
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Drummond—Arthabaska
In office
1925–1939
Preceded byNapoléon Kemner Laflamme
Succeeded byArmand Cloutier
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Arthabaska
In office
1939–1942
Preceded byJoseph-David Gagné
Succeeded byPierre-Horace Plourde
Personal details
Born(1891-09-09)September 9, 1891
Drummondville, Quebec
DiedOctober 26, 1980(1980-10-26) (aged 89)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada
Other political
affiliations
Quebec Liberal Party
RelationsJoseph-Éna Girouard, father
CabinetAttorney 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

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  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.