Louis-Alphonse Boyer Explained

Louis Alphonse Boyer
Constituency Mp:Maskinongé
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:George Caron
Successor:Frédéric Houde
Term Start:1872
Term End:1878
Birth Date:31 May 1839
Birth Place:Montreal, Lower Canada
Nationality:British subject
Party:Liberal Party
Occupation:businessman
lumber merchant

Louis-Alphonse Boyer (May 31, 1839 – May 29, 1916) was a Quebec merchant and political figure. He represented Maskinongé in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1878.

He was born in Montreal, the son of Louis Boyer and Aurélie Mignault,[1] and was educated at the Chambly and Jesuit Colleges.[2] Boyer was the head of a lumber firm and a director of the Royal Canadian Insurance Company and of La Banque Ville Marie.[3] He also served as mayor of St-Lambert. In 1865, he married Alphonsine Meilleur, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Meilleur.[2] Boyer ran unsuccessfully in the federal riding of Jacques Cartier in 1904. Boyer operated a model farm in St-Lambert. He was flour inspector for Montreal from 1878 to 1888.[1]

His brother Arthur was a member of the Quebec assembly and the Canadian senate.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1901 Montreal : its history : to which is added biographical sketches ... (1875)
  3. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32951 The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1877