Gérard Girouard (born 27 March 1933 in

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– d. 22 May 2017) was a member of the

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. He was a lawyer and professor of law by career. The son of Joseph Girouard and Marie Roy, he was educated at the Séminaire de Mont-Laurier and the

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, and practised law in

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. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1963 general election as a Social Credit party candidate. On 23 April 1964, he left that party and joined the Progressive Conservative party caucus. After completing his term in the

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, Girouard was defeated in the 1965 federal election at the Hull riding by Alexis Caron. In 1955, he married Shirley Morgan. He died on 22 May 2017 at St-Hyacinthe Hospital.

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