Marc-Amable Girard

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Marc-Amable Girard

Marc-Amable Girard (born April 25, 1822 in Varennes , Lower Canada , † September 12, 1892 in Saint-Boniface , Manitoba ) was a Canadian politician . He was Prime Minister of the Province of Manitoba and ruled from December 14, 1871 to March 14, 1872 and a second time from July 8 to December 2, 1874. From 1871 until his death he was also a member of the Canadian Senate .

biography

Girard worked as a notary in the small town of Varennes from 1844 . In addition, from 1859 he worked as a trustee for the Montreal Notarial Association. In Varennes he was active in local politics as a school councilor, member of the city council and mayor. In both 1858 and 1863 he failed as a conservative candidate in the election for a seat in the House of Representatives of the Province of Canada . At the suggestion of Defense Minister George-Étienne Cartier , Girard moved to the recently founded province of Manitoba in 1870 to strengthen the influence of the Conservative Party and to reduce tensions between Anglo- and Francophones.

Immediately after his arrival on August 23, Girard persuaded rebel leader Louis Riel to leave for the United States . Girard worked to ensure that French Canadians could continue to settle in Manitoba. On September 17, 1870, Lieutenant Governor Adams appointed George Archibald Girard as treasurer of the province. In the first elections to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on December 27 of the same year, he was elected by acclamation in Saint-Boniface . He retained his seat in parliament after he was appointed senator on December 13, 1871 (at that time dual mandates at provincial and federal level were still allowed, albeit controversial). The following day he took over the post of Prime Minister in Manitoba for a period of three months.

In the Senate, Girard presided over the Senate Railway Commission. From 1872 to 1876 he was also a member of the Temporary Council of the Northwest Territories , a body of appointed members that advised the lieutenant governor. After a vote of no confidence, Girard again took over the post of head of government in Manitoba on July 8, 1874, but was overthrown on December 2 of the same year. He had kept in touch with Riel, which angered the English-speaking MPs against him. Girard had lost his seat in the provincial parliament in 1876, but Prime Minister John Norquay appointed him to the provincial government in November 1879. He then won the seat in Baie St-Paul and ran the treasury again. Two years later he took over the management of the Ministry of Agriculture. On September 6, 1883, he gave up his offices at the provincial level, since double mandates were no longer permitted. He was a member of the Senate until his death in 1892.

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SURNAME Girard, Marc-Amable
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Varennes , Lower Canada
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1892
Place of death Saint-Boniface , Manitoba