Gérard Girouard Explained

Birth Date:1933 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Spouse:Shirley Morgan
Riding:Labelle
Term Start:April 1963
Term End:November 1965
Predecessor:Gaston Clermont
Successor:Gaston Clermont
Profession:lawyer, professor of law
Party:Progressive Conservative
Social Credit

Gérard Girouard (born 27 March 1933 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec – d. 22 May 2017) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. 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 University of Ottawa, and practised law in Mont-Laurier.[1] He was first elected at the Labelle 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 26th Canadian Parliament, Girouard was defeated in the 1965 federal election at the Hull riding by Alexis Caron.

In 1955, he married Shirley Morgan.[1]

He died on 22 May 2017 at St-Hyacinthe Hospital.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.