DéSIRé GIROUARD

'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 Jacques Cartier, Quebec and Beauharnois, Quebec 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. The Girouard building at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario was named in his honour.
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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