Wilfrid Girouard (September 9, 1891 – October 26, 1980) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1926 to 1939 as a

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member and represented Arthabaska in the

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from 1939 to 1942. He was born in

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, the son of Joseph-Éna Girouard and Emma Watkins, and was educated at the Collège d'Arthabaska, the Collège Sainte-Marie, Loyola College and

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. Girouard was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1916 and set up practice at Arthabaska with

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. In 1926, he was named

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. 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

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from 1939 to 1942. In 1942, he was named judge in the

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for Trois-Rivières district and served in that post until 1963. He died at

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at the age of 89 and was buried at Arthabaska.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girouard, Wilfrid 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