Arthur Cyril Boyce

Arthur Cyril Boyce
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Algoma West
In office
1904–1917
Preceded by District created in 1903
Succeeded by Thomas Edward Simpson
Personal details
Born (1867-09-12)September 12, 1867
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Died August 4, 1942(1942-08-04) (aged 74)
Political party Conservative

Arthur Cyril Boyce (September 12, 1867 August 4, 1942) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, Boyce was educated at private educational institutions in Wakefield, York and Carlisle, England, and Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto. A lawyer, he practised law in Port Arthur (1890–1892), Rat Portage (1893–1903) and in Sault Ste. Marie.

He represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917, during which time he became involved in the case of Angelina Napolitano, a Sault Ste. Marie woman who became the first in Canada to use the battered woman defence.[1] He was a member of the Conservative Party.

References

  1. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: Angelina Napolitano. By Franca Iacovetta. University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2004. page accessed June 2008


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