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D'Arcy Boulton (Ontario politician)

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Nationality
  
Canadian

Education
  
Upper Canada College

Occupation
  
lawyer

Born
  
March 29, 1825
Toronto, Ontario

Died
  
16 February 1875, Toronto, Canada

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.

Life and career

He was born in Perth, Ontario, Canada, in 1825 and educated at Upper Canada College. 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.

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D'Arcy Boulton (Ontario politician) Wikipedia