Leonidas Giroux
Canadian politician
Leonidas Alcidas Giroux (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.
Early life
Leonidas Alcidas Giroux was born July 26, 1885, at West Farnham, Quebec, to Leonide Giroux and Isabella D'Aragon. 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. He married Marie Irene Shinners on April 10, 1912.
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.
Giroux ran for a second term in office less than two years later. when the 1926 Alberta general election was called.
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