| Edward Lavin Girroir | |
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| Senator for Antigonish, Nova Scotia | |
| In office 1912–1932 | |
| Appointed by | Robert Borden |
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Antigonish County | |
| In office June 14, 1911 –November 19, 1911 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 26, 1871 Tracadie, Nova Scotia |
| Died | May 8, 1932 (aged 60) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Edward Lavin Girroir (August 26, 1871 – May 8, 1932) was a Canadian politician.
Born August 26 or 27, 1871 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia, 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.
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. Led by Thomas Brownspriggs, Tracadie was settled by Black Loyalists in the early 18th century. According to one 19th century observer, this community was the most successful rural Black community in the province.
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime Provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada. Its provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest of Canada's ten provinces, with an area of 55,284 square kilometres (21,300 sq mi), including Cape Breton and another 3,800 coastal islands. As of 2016, the population was 923,598. Nova Scotia is Canada's second-most-densely populated province, after Prince Edward Island, with 17.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (45/sq mi).
Girroir was educated at Saint Francis Xavier College and Dalhousie University. He was a Halifax lawyer, and also lectured on international law at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 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.
Dalhousie University is a public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and medical teaching facilities in Saint John, New Brunswick. Dalhousie offers more than 4,000 courses, and 180 degree programs in twelve undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties. The university is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada.
Antigonish is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Halifax, the provincial capital.
In 1900, 1905 and 1908, Girroir ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Antigonish.
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons currently meets in a temporary Commons chamber in the West Block of the parliament buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, while the Centre Block, which houses the traditional Commons chamber, undergoes a ten-year renovation.
In 1911, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal-Conservative representing the provincial riding of Antigonish.
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, the other being the Queen of Canada in Right of Nova Scotia represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. It is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada. The assembly is the oldest in Canada, having first sat in 1758, and in 1848 was the site of the first responsible government in the British Empire.
Girroir was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 20, 1912, as a Conservative representing the senatorial division of Antigonish. He was the second Acadian senator from Nova Scotia. He died in office on May 8, 1932.
The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons and the Monarch. The Senate is modelled after the British House of Lords and consists of 105 members appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister. Seats are assigned on a regional basis: four regions—defined as Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and the Western provinces—each receive 24 seats, with the remaining portions of the country—Newfoundland and Labrador receiving 6 seats and the three northern territories each assigned the remaining one seat. Senators may serve until they reach the age of 75.
