Joseph Girouard (April 8, 1854 – March 29, 1933) was a

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and political figure. He represented Two Mountains in the

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as a

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member from 1892 to 1896. He was born at St-Benoît,

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in 1854, the son of

Jean-Joseph Girouard Jean-Joseph Girouard (November 13, 1794 – September 18, 1855) was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born at Quebec City in 1794, of Acadian descent, and lived with his grandfather, Jean Baillairgé, after his father ...

, and studied at the Collège des Sulpiciens at

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. Girouard qualified to practice as a notary in 1877 and set up practice at St-Benoît. He also acted as seigneurial agent for the seigneury of Lac des Deux-Montagnes for the

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. In 1879, he married Célanire, the daughter of merchant Daniel-Adolphe Plessis-Belair. Girouard was elected to the House of Commons in an 1892 by-election held after the death of

Jean-Baptiste Daoust Jean-Baptiste Daoust (January 18, 1817 – December 28, 1891) was a Quebec farmer and political figure. He represented Two Mountains (Deux-Montagnes) in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1872 and from 187 ...

Electoral record

References

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''Esquisses biographiques, 1795-1855 Jean-Joseph Girouard, l'ancien député du comté du Lac des Deux-Montagnes ...'', GF Baillargé (1893)
1854 births 1933 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub