Arthur Boyle was a politician

Politician

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 and grocer

Grocer

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. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in 1887

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 as a Member of the Conservative Party

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 to represent the riding

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 of Monck. He was defeated by John Brown

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 in the 1891 election

Canadian federal election, 1891

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, but was acclaimed back into office in 1892 after Brown was unseated. He then continued to represent the riding until its abolition in 1896.

In 1868, he married Annie E. Cormick. Boyle was reeve of Dunnville

Dunnville, Ontario

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 from 1877 to 1879 and was warden for Haldimand County

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 from 1878 to 1879. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 in the 1886 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1886

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