Arthur Boyer

Arthur Boyer (9 February 1851 – 24 January 1922) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.

Arthur Boyer
Senator for Rigaud, Quebec
In office
1909–1922
Appointed byWilfrid Laurier
Preceded byJoseph-Rosaire Thibaudeau
Succeeded byGustave Benjamin Boyer
Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier
In office
1884–1892
Preceded byJoseph-Alfred Mousseau
Succeeded byJoseph Adélard Descarries
Personal details
Born(1851-02-09)9 February 1851
Montreal, Canada East
Died24 January 1922(1922-01-24) (aged 70)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Quebec Liberal Party
RelationsLouis Boyer, father
Louis-Alphonse Boyer, brother
Arthur Mignault, son-in-law
CabinetProvincial:
Minister Without Portfolio

Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Louis Boyer and Marie-Aurélie Mignault, Boyer studied in Montreal and at the University of London. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Jacques-Cartier in an 1884 by-election. A Quebec Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1886 election and the 1890 election. In 1890, he was made a Minister Without Portfolio in the cabinet of Honoré Mercier. He was defeated in the 1892 election. He was the defeated Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1896 election for the electoral district of Jacques Cartier.

He was called to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier in 1909 for the senatorial division of Rigaud. He served until his death in 1922. He was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.[1] His brother, Louis-Alphonse Boyer, was also a politician.

He had two daughters with Ernestine Galarneau, one of which would marry Canadian Army Medical Corps colonel Arthur Mignault, the founder of the Royal 22e Régiment of the Canadian army.

Tomb of Arthur Boyer in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

See also

References
  1. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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