Leonidas Giroux

Leonidas Alcidas Giroux KC (July 26, 1885 – September 7, 1936) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the provincial Liberal caucus in opposition from 1924 until his death in 1936.

Leonidas Alcidas Giroux

KC
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
July 11, 1924 – September 7, 1936
Preceded byJean Côté
Succeeded byJoseph Tremblay
ConstituencyGrouard
Personal details
BornJuly 26, 1885
West Farnham, Quebec
DiedSeptember 7, 1936(1936-09-07) (aged 51)
Rochester, Minnesota
Political partyLiberal
Occupationpolitician

Early life

Leonidas Alcidas Giroux was born July 26, 1885 at West Farnham, Quebec to Leonide Giroux and Isabella D'Aragon.[1] He attended Collège de Montréal, University of Paris and the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium where he completed his post-graduate studies in Philosophy and Economics.[1] He married Marie Irene Shinners on April 10, 1912.[1]

Political career

Giroux ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on July 11, 1924 in the electoral district of Grouard. He stood as a candidate for the Alberta Liberals running in a two way contest against United Farmers candidate J.M. Cull. Giroux held the seat for his party winning double the vote count of Cull to earn his first term in office.[2]

Giroux ran for a second term in office less than two years later. when the 1926 Alberta general election was called. He ran for re-election in another two way contest and won easily. He increased his popular vote count by 200 over the by-election.[3]

Giroux ran for a third term in the 1930 Alberta general election. This election saw him run in a hotly contested race against United Farmers candidate Jean Field who served as an original member on the Alberta Eugenics Board. Giroux won the two way race by just under 700 votes.[4]

The 1935 Alberta general election saw the new Social Credit party sweep to power. Giroux was the only opposition candidate in a rural candidate that managed to retain his seat. He won the highest popular vote of his career fending off a strong challenge from two other candidates.[5]

Giroux died on September 7, 1936. He had traveled to Rochester, Minnesota to be treated at the Mayo Clinic for an undisclosed illness and died shortly after his arrival.[6]

References
  1. Normandin, A. L., ed. (1936). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. p. 383. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. "By-elections 1905-1973". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  3. "Grouard Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  4. "Grouard Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  5. "Grouard Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  6. "L.A. Giroux is Dead; Member For Grouard Seat". Vol XXIX No 228. The Lethbridge Herald. September 8, 1936. p. 1.
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