Gérard Girouard was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. 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

University of Ottawa

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, and practised law in Mont-Laurier

Mont-Laurier, Quebec

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. He was first elected at the Labelle

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 riding in the 1963 general election

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 as a Social Credit party

Social Credit Party of Canada

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 candidate. On 23 April 1964, he left that party and joined the Progressive Conservative party

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 caucus. After completing his term in the 26th Canadian Parliament

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, Girouard was defeated in the 1965 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1965

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 at the Hull riding by Alexis Caron

Alexis Caron

Alexis Pierre Caron was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Hull, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career....

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In 1955, he married Shirley Morgan.