About Arthur Cyril Boyce
Lived 1867 – 1942 (aged 74). Arthur Cyril Boyce was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
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 House of Commons of Canada 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. He was a member of the Conservative Party.
He died in Toronto on August 4, 1942.
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Who was Arthur Cyril Boyce?
Canadian politician
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Arthur Cyril Boyce was born on 12 September 1867 in England, Wakefield.
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Arthur Cyril Boyce died on 4 August 1942 in Toronto.
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Arthur Cyril Boyce was a lawyer and politician.
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Arthur Cyril Boyce was Canadian.
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