Allyre Sirois

Allyre Louis Joseph Sirois (25 August 1923 – 8 September 2012) was a Canadian fransaskois judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Early life Sirois was born and raised in Vonda, Saskatchewan during his elementary-school years. His parents were Paul Emile Sirois and Bertha Pion Sirois. He was initially assigned to the Signal Corps. In 1943 he was loaned to the War Office (MI5) for espionage duty in Occupied France, primarily owing to his fluency in French.

Sirois had a narrow escape when another Allied officer was caught by the Germans and turned informant, leading to the arrest of the other two members of the cell. Warned by the girlfriend of one of the arrested members of his unit, Sirois radioed to London that they had a traitor. He later recalled: "They said do what you have to do. In occupied territory, that's the law of the gun. I had him done away with." He was also criticized in The Globe and Mail for having referred to prostitutes as belonging to "a different caste", and for saying to a female who had been assaulted when she was 12 years old that she bore some responsibility for the incident.

Retirement Sirois retired from the Bench in 1998, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. He lived in Saskatoon after retiring, dying there in 2012.

Personal life Sirois married Madeline Anne Marie Ehman on 14 September 1948; she preceded him in death. During their marriage they had six children: Valerie, Richard, Guy, Marianne, Lisa and Norman.

Sirois was active in the community. He was president of the Gravelbourg School Board for 10 years (1953–1963), president of the Association Culturelle Franco-Canadienne, the national network of French-language theatres (1963–1963), served as fundraising co-chair of the La Troupe du Jour, a Saskatoon francophone theatre group, to erect a performing studio, and served on several other municipal boards.

Honours For his service behind the lines in World War II, Sirois received three distinguished honors: UK : member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) France : Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (CG) with palms. Town of Angoulême : Medal and honorary diploma of the town of Angoulême