D'Arcy Boulton (Ontario politician)
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{About|a Canadian political figure|other people with this name|D'Arcy Boulton (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = D'Arcy Boulton
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| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1873
| term_end1 = 1875
| predecessor1 = Thomas Roberts Ferguson
| successor1 = William McDougall
| constituency1 = Simcoe South
| party = Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1825|3|29}}
| birth_place = Perth, Upper Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1875|2|16|1825|3|29}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario
| occupation = Lawyer
| relations = G. D'Arcy Boulton, grandfather
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D'Arcy Boulton (March 29, 1825 – February 16, 1875) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and Orangeman. He was the son of James Boulton and the grandson of G. D'Arcy Boulton.{{cite DCB |title=Boulton, D'Arcy |first=Hereward |last=Senior |volume=10 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/boulton_d_arcy_1825_75_10E.html}}
Life and career
He was born in Perth, Upper Canada, in 1825 and educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto. In 1847, he was admitted to the bar.
In 1864, he became the deputy grandmaster for the Orange Order in British North America; he became the provincial grandmaster for Ontario West in 1870. In 1873, at Glasgow, he became president of the Triennial Orange Conference of the British Empire.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election in Simcoe South in 1873. In 1874, he became grandmaster of the Grand Black Chapter of British America, an exclusive Orange order. He died in Toronto in 1875.
Electoral history
= Federal =
{{1867 Canadian federal election/Grey North}}
= Provincial =
{{1874 Ontario provincial by-elections/Simcoe South}}
{{1875 Ontario general election/Simcoe South}}
References
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=darcy-edward-boulton}}
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:People from Perth, Ontario
Category:Upper Canada College alumni
Category:Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament
Category:Candidates in the 1867 Canadian federal election
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario