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George Arthur Boggs

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George Arthur Boggs
MLA for Kings County
In office
1953–1956
Preceded byWilliam H. Pipe
David Durell Sutton
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1891-08-09)August 9, 1891
Chicago, Illinois
DiedNovember 9, 1968(1968-11-09) (aged 77)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Occupationfruit grower

George Arthur Boggs (August 9, 1891 – November 9, 1968) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kings County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1956. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]

Born in 1891 at Chicago, Illinois, Boggs was educated at Dartmouth College, and Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He married Evelyn Starr, who died in 1923 and then Helen Pipon Starr in February 1925.[2] A fruit grower by career, Boggs moved to Nova Scotia in 1925.[2] He served as president of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, and warden of St. John's Anglican Church, Wolfville.[2] Boggs entered provincial politics in 1953, when he was elected in the dual-member riding of Kings County with Progressive Conservative Edward Haliburton.[3] In the 1956 election, Boggs was defeated when he ran for re-election in the newly established Kings North riding, losing to Liberal Eric Balcom by 45 votes.[4] Boggs died at Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 9, 1968.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 18. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1953. p. 47. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1956. p. 51. Retrieved 2015-05-03.