Career
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia. He was the son of William Garrioch, a native of England, and Nancy Cook, of Métis descent. Around 1851, Garrioch married Mary Brown.
They first settled in Saint Peter"s parish but later moved to Saint Mary"s la Prairie.
He was named a justice of the peace by 1872. In 1872, the family moved to Kinosota on Lake Manitoba.
He died in Westbourne at the age of 87.