Edward Lavin Girroir
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Edward Lavin Girroir (1871-08-26 – 1932-05-08) was a Nova Scotia politician.
Born in 1871 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia, he was the son of William Girroir and Anne (Lavin) Girroir.
He was a Halifax lawyer, and also lectured on international law at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
In 1900, 1905 and 1908, Girroir ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Antigonish.
In 1911, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal-Conservative representing the provincial riding of Antigonish.
Girroir was appointed to the Canadian Senate 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.
