D'Arcy Boulton (Ontario politician)

D'Arcy Boulton
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

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.

References

Senior, Hereward (1972). "Boulton, D'Arcy". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

External links

Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)

Government offices
Preceded by Stephen Heward	Auditor General of Land Patents for Upper Canada 1828–1835	Succeeded by position abolished

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[1] Senior, Hereward (1972). "Boulton, D'Arcy". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.