Gustave Benjamin Boyer

The Hon.
Gustave Benjamin Boyer
Senator for Rigaud, Quebec
In office
March 11, 1922 – December 2, 1927
Appointed byWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded byArthur Boyer
Succeeded byLawrence Alexander Wilson
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Vaudreuil-Soulanges
In office
1917–1921
Succeeded byJoseph-Rodolphe Ouimet
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Vaudreuil
In office
1904–1917
Preceded byHenry Stanislas Harwood
Personal details
Born(1871-11-29)November 29, 1871
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
DiedDecember 2, 1927(1927-12-02) (aged 56)
Political partyLiberal

Gustave Benjamin Boyer (November 29, 1871 – December 2, 1927) was a Canadian journalist and politician.

Born in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, the son of Benjamin Boyer and Angeline Latour, Boyer educated at the College of St. Laurent. He was official lecturer on agriculture in the Province of Quebec and contributed on agricultural questions for the La Patrie and Le Canada. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Vaudreuil in the general elections of 1904. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908, 1911, 1917, and 1921. In 1922, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec on the advice of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. He served until his death in 1927. He was also mayor of Rigaud, Quebec in 1907, 1913–1916, and 1918–1919.

Electoral record

1904 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 1,297
Conservative François de Sales-Alphonse Bastien 825
1908 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 1,408
Conservative Elzéar Montpetit 655
1911 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 1,345
Conservative Archibald de Léry Macdonald 1,130
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Gustave Benjamin Boyer 4,075 90.90
Government (Unionist) Julien-Firmin Bissonnette 408 9.10
Total valid votes 4,483 100.00
1921 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gustave Benjamin Boyer 5,366 63.53 -27.37
Independent Adrien Pharand 2,787 33.00
Progressive Julien Charlebois 293 3.47
Total valid votes 8,446 100.00

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