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Arthur Cyril Boyce

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Political party
  
Died
  
August 4, 1942


Role
  
Canadian Politician

Name
  
Arthur Boyce

Resigned
  
1917

Preceded by
  
District created in 1903

Born
  
September 12, 1867Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (
1867-09-12
)

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Succeeded by
  

Arthur Cyril Boyce (September 12, 1867 – August 4, 1942) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, Boyce was educated at private educational institutions in Wakefield, York and Carlisle, England, and Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto. A lawyer, he practised law in Port Arthur (1890–1892), Rat Portage (1893–1903) and in Sault Ste. Marie.

He represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917, during which time he became involved in the case of Angelina Napolitano, a Sault Ste. Marie woman who became the first in Canada to use the battered woman defence. He was a member of the Conservative Party.

References

Arthur Cyril Boyce Wikipedia


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