Gilbert Anselme Girouard Explained

Gilbert Anselme Girouard
Constituency Mp:Kent
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:George McLeod
Successor:Pierre-Amand Landry
Term Start:1878
Term End:1883
Birth Date:26 October 1846
Birth Place:Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada
Death Cause:tuberculosis
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal-Conservative

Gilbert Anselme Girouard (October 26, 1846  - January 13, 1885) was a general merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1883 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

He was born in Ste-Marie de Buctouche, New Brunswick, and educated at St. Joseph's College in Memramcook. He taught school briefly in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent before becoming a general merchant in Buctouche in 1870. In 1872, he married Sophia Baker. Girouard resigned his seat in 1883 to accept the position of customs collector for Richibucto. He died of tuberculosis in Buctouche at the age of 38.

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