D'Arcy Boulton (Ontario politician)
D'Arcy Boulton | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1873–1875 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Roberts Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | William McDougall |
| Constituency | Simcoe South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 29, 1825 Perth, Upper Canada |
| Died | February 16, 1875 (aged 49) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Relations | G. D'Arcy Boulton, grandfather |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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.[1]
Life and career[edit]
He was born in Perth, Upper Canada, in 1825 and educated at Upper Canada College in Toronto. 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.
Electoral history[edit]
Federal[edit]
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Grey North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Snider | 1,399 | ||||||
| Unknown | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,143 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,478 | |||||||
| Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[2] | ||||||||
Provincial[edit]
| Ontario provincial by-election, January 1874: Simcoe South Resignation of Thomas Roberts Ferguson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,622 | 54.12 | |||||
| Independent | T. Saunders | 1,375 | 45.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,997 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[3]: 352 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election: Simcoe South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,057 | 58.17 | +4.05 | ||||
| Liberal | R. Snelling | 760 | 41.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,817 | 67.15 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,706 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Senior, Hereward (1972). "Boulton, D'Arcy". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". 1871. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.