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).

References

• Désiré Girouard at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Désiré Girouard - Parliament of Canada biography
• Supreme Court Biography

Persondata
Name	Girouard, Desire
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 7, 1836
Place of birth	Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada
Date of death	March 22, 1911
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario