Désiré Girouard

Désiré Girouard
Désiré Girouard
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office
September 28, 1895 – March 22, 1911
Appointed by Mackenzie Bowell
Preceded by Télesphore Fournier
Succeeded by Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Jacques Cartier
In office
1879–1895
Preceded by Rodolphe Laflamme
Succeeded by Napoléon Charbonneau
Personal details
Born July 7, 1836(1836-07-07)
Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada
Died March 22, 1911(1911-03-22) (aged 74)
Ottawa, Ontario
Political party Conservative

Désiré Girouard (July 7, 1836 – March 22, 1911) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Jérémie Girouard and Hyppolite Picard, he received his Bachelor of Common Law from McGill University in 1860. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1860 and practiced law.

In 1872 and 1874 he ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of the Quebec electoral districts of Jacques Cartier and Beauharnois as a Conservative, losing both times. He was elected by two votes in the 1878 election in the riding of Jacques Cartier. He was 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 and served until his death in 1911.

His son, Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, was the governor of the East Africa Protectorate (Kenya).

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