Profession Lawyer Name Arthur Boswell | Role Lawyer Succeeded by Alexander Manning | |
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Preceded by William Barclay McMurrich Born January 3, 1838
Cobourg, Upper Canada ( 1838-01-03 ) Died May 16, 1925, Toronto, Canada | ||
Arthur Radcliffe Boswell (3 January 1838 – 16 May 1925) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served one term as Mayor of Toronto. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
Boswell was born in Cobourg, Upper Canada. His father was George Morse Jukes Boswell. Boswell studied law, and became a member of the bar in 1865. He served two terms of chairman of the Public Library Board, and in 1876 he successfully ran for a seat on the Toronto City Council. In 1882 he ran for Mayor; his opponent was John Jacob Withrow, a former Toronto Alderman who was instrumental in bringing Toronto's first industrial fair to fruition (1879). Boswell won the election by five votes, and served one term (January 1883 – January 1885). He did not stand for re-election.
In 1911 Boswell was appointed Superintendent of Insurance for Ontario and Registrar of Loan Companies.