Gustave Benjamin Boyer

The Hon.
Gustave Benjamin Boyer
Senator for Rigaud, Quebec
In office
March 11, 1922  December 2, 1927
Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by Arthur Boyer
Succeeded by Lawrence Alexander Wilson
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Vaudreuil-Soulanges
In office
1917–1921
Succeeded by Joseph-Rodolphe Ouimet
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Vaudreuil
In office
1904–1917
Preceded by Henry Stanislas Harwood
Personal details
Born (1871-11-29)November 29, 1871
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Died December 2, 1927(1927-12-02) (aged 56)
Political party Liberal

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 Canadian House of Commons 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.

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