Désiré Girouard
Désiré Girouard | |
|---|---|
Canadian Parliament for Jacques Cartier | |
| In office 1879–1895 | |
| Preceded by | Rodolphe Laflamme |
| Succeeded by | Napoléon Charbonneau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 7, 1836 Conservative |
Désiré Girouard (July 7, 1836 – March 22, 1911) was a
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
.
Born in
Quebec Bar
in 1860 and practiced law.
In
Conservative, losing both times. He was elected by two votes in the 1878 election in the riding of Jacques Cartier. He was subsequently re-elected in 1882, 1887 and 1891
.
In 1892, he became the first mayor of Dorval, Quebec. In 1895, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, where he served until his death in 1911. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1] Girouard Avenue in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, was named for him.
His son, Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, was the governor of the East Africa Protectorate (Kenya).
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | 685 | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 635 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 1,010 | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | 1,008 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 994 | ||||||
| Liberal | Rodolphe Laflamme | 731 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 1,161 | ||||||
| Liberal | Napoléon Charbonneau | 965 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Désiré Girouard | 1,379 | ||||||
| Liberal | J. A. C. Madore | 1,103 | ||||||
References
- ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
- "Désiré Girouard". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Désiré Girouard – Parliament of Canada biography
- Supreme Court of Canada Biography
