Joseph Girard (Canadian politician)

Joseph Girard (August 2, 1853 – April 3, 1933) was a Canadian politician.

Joseph Girard
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Chicoutimi—Saguenay
In office
1900–1911
Preceded byPaul Vilmond Savard
Succeeded byEdmond Savard
MLA for Lac-Saint-Jean
In office
1892–1900
Preceded byPierre-Léandre Marcotte
Succeeded byGeorges Tanguay
Personal details
Born(1853-08-02)August 2, 1853
Saint-Urbain, Canada East
DiedApril 3, 1933(1933-04-03) (aged 79)
Saint-Gédéon, Quebec
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Quebec Conservative Party

He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for Lac-Saint-Jean at the general elections of 1892 and re-elected in 1897. A Conservative, Girard was first elected in 1900 from the riding of Chicoutimi—Saguenay. He remained in parliament for seventeen years until his defeat in the Conscription crisis election of 1917 when he ran as a supporter of the Conservative-Unionist government's conscription policy.

References

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  • Joseph Girard (Canadian politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.