Alfred Boultbee was an Ontario

Ontario

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 lawyer and political figure. He represented York North

York North

York North was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from Confederation in 1867 until 2004. It is also an electoral district that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 2007...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1871 to 1874 and York East

York East

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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 member from 1879 to 1882.

He was born in Hampshire

Hampshire

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, England

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 in 1829 and came to Ancaster Township

Ancaster, Ontario

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 in Upper Canada

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 with his family in 1836. He articled in law with William Notman

William Notman (Canadian politician)

William Notman Q.C. was a lawyer and political figure in Canada West.Notman was born in Scotland in 1805, studied at Glasgow University and came to Dundas in Upper Canada in 1821. He studied law with George Ridout in Toronto, was called to the bar in 1827 and set up practice in Ancaster...

 and was called to the bar in 1855. He began practice in Newmarket

Newmarket, Ontario

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, but later joined Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn

Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (politician)

Thomas McCullouch Fairbairn was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Peterborough West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1874....

 in a practice in Peterborough

Peterborough, Ontario

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. After the death of Fairbairn in 1874, he moved his practice to Toronto

Toronto

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. In 1857, he married Caroline Augusta, the daughter of George Hamilton

George Hamilton (politician)

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. He served as reeve for Newmarket for a number of years. With others, Boultbee established the North York Sentinel and served as its editor for several years. He helped organize the local Freemason lodge and held an office in the Grand Lodge of Canada.

External links

• The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men ... (1880)
• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32955The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1881, CH Mackintosh
  Charles H. Mackintosh
  Charles Herbert Mackintosh was a journalist, mayor of Ottawa from 1879–1881, represented Ottawa City as a Liberal-Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887, and from 1890 to 1893, and served as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1893 to 1898.-Parentage and...
  
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• Short biography from The History of The Boultbee Family