Gustave Benjamin Boyer

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Hon.

| name = Gustave Benjamin Boyer

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| office1 = Senator for Rigaud, Quebec

| appointed1 = William Lyon Mackenzie King

| predecessor1 = Arthur Boyer

| successor1 = Lawrence Alexander Wilson

| term_start1 = March 11, 1922

| term_end1 = December 2, 1927

| constituency_MP2 = Vaudreuil-Soulanges

| parliament2 = Canadian

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| successor2 = Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet

| term_start2 = 1917

| term_end2 = 1921

| constituency_MP3 = Vaudreuil

| parliament3 = Canadian

| predecessor3 = Henry Stanislas Harwood

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| term_start3 = 1904

| term_end3 = 1917

| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|11|29}}

| birth_place = Saint-Laurent, Quebec

| death_date = {{death date and age|1927|12|02|1871|11|29}}

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| party = Liberal

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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 House of Commons of Canada 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.

Electoral record

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References

  • {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=13582}}
  • [https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904]

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Category:1871 births

Category:1927 deaths

Category:Canadian senators from Quebec

Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs

Category:Liberal Party of Canada senators

Category:20th-century mayors of places in Quebec

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec

Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada

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