Edward Lavin Girroir was a Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 politician.

Born August 26 or 27, 1871 in Tracadie

Tracadie, Nova Scotia

Tracadie is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County. Tracadie has close links with nearby Upper Big Tracadie. Tracadie was settled by Black loyalists in the early 18th century.-References:**...

, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, he was the son of William Girroir and Anne (Lavin) Girroir. He had a twin brother, Hubert, who died one month after their birth, on September 25, 1871.

Girroir was educated at Saint Francis Xavier College and Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

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. He was a Halifax lawyer, and also lectured on international law at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish is a Canadian town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous highland games in North America.-History:...

. In 1902, he married Lauretta Maude Corbin; she died in 1909. Senator Girroir and Mrs. Girroir (née Corbin) had at least one son, Edward Lavin, Jr., born February 10, 1907.

In 1900, 1905 and 1908, Girroir ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Antigonish.

In 1911, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 as a Liberal-Conservative representing the provincial riding of Antigonish.

Girroir was appointed to the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

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 on November 20, 1912, as a Conservative representing the senatorial division of Antigonish. He was the second Acadian

Acadian

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senator from Nova Scotia. He died in office on May 8, 1932.