The Hon. Gustave Benjamin Boyer |
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Senator for Rigaud, Quebec | |
In office March 11, 1922 – December 2, 1927 |
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Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Preceded by | Arthur Boyer |
Succeeded by | Lawrence Alexander Wilson |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
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In office 1917–1921 |
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Succeeded by | Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vaudreuil |
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In office 1904–1917 |
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Preceded by | Henry Stanislas Harwood |
Personal details | |
Born | November 29, 1871 Saint-Laurent, Quebec |
Died | December 2, 1927 | (aged 56)
Political party | Liberal |
Gustave Benjamin Boyer (November 29, 1871 – December 2, 1927) was a Canadian journalist and politician.
Born in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, the son of Benjamin Boyer and Angeline Latour, Boyer educated at the College of St. Laurent. He was official lecturer on agriculture in the Province of Quebec and contributed on agricultural questions for the La Patrie and Le Canada. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Vaudreuil in the general elections of 1904. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908, 1911, 1917, and 1921. In 1922, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec on the advice of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. He served until his death in 1927. He was also mayor of Rigaud, Quebec in 1907, 1913–1916, and 1918-1919.