Arthur Boyer

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

The Honourable Arthur Boyer
Senator for Rigaud, Quebec
In office 1909–1922
Appointed by	Wilfrid Laurier
Preceded by	Joseph-Rosaire Thibaudeau
Succeeded by	Gustave Benjamin Boyer
Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier
In office 1884–1892
Preceded by	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
Succeeded by	Joseph Adélard Descarries
Personal details
Born	(1851-02-09)9 February 1851 Montreal, Canada East
Died	24 January 1922(1922-01-24) (aged 70) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Quebec Liberal Party
Relations	Louis Boyer, father Louis-Alphonse Boyer, brother Arthur Mignault, son-in-law
Cabinet	Provincial: 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 22^e Régiment of the Canadian army.

Tomb of Arthur Boyer in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

See also

• Politics of Quebec