XX-577 | Gilbert Girouard
Gilbert Girouard
1940
51 x 35 cm
Gift of La Paroisse Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
XX-577
This artefact belongs to : © Musée acadien of the Université de Moncton
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Born in St. Marie de Kent in 1846, Gilbert Anselme Girouard studied at St. Joseph's College in Memramcook, New Brunswick. He taught for several years before launching a career as a merchant in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, in about 1870.
He was also a member of the Conservative Party. In 1878 and again in 1882, he was elected to the provincial legislature for the riding of Kent. He left politics in 1883.
Like other leaders of the Acadian Renaissance, Gilbert Anselme Girouard was a great defender of French-language education. He was also one of the main organizers of the First National Convention of 1881.
Gilbert Anselme Girouard died in 1885, at the age of 38, of tuberculosis.
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What
This photograph of Gilbert A. Girouard has been widely reproduced on Web sites as well as in a variety of publications.
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Where
This photograph was part of a collection exhibited by the Musée de la Cathédrale in Moncton, New Brunswick. That museum's entire collection was transferred to the Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton in about 1970.
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When
This is a reproduction, made in 1940, of the original photograph that was taken about 1880.
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Who
Gilbert Girouard lobbied the government in favour of the construction of a railroad connecting Bouctouche and Moncton.
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