Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878 – July 27, 1951)[1] was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1917 to 1936, and again from 1941 to 1945.
Boivin, a Franco-Manitoban and the son of farmer Wilfred Boivin,[2] was first elected to the Manitoba legislature for the constituency of Iberville in a by-election held on November 1, 1917. Boivin initially served as a member of the Conservative Party,[3] which was the dominant party among Manitoba's francophone community at the time.
The UFM won the 1922 election, and formed government as the Progressive Party of Manitoba. Boivin served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken's administration, and was re-elected as a pro-government independent candidate in the elections of 1927 and 1932.[3]
Prior to the 1932 election, the Progressive Party of Manitoba joined with the Manitoba Liberal Party to form a "Liberal-Progressive" alliance. This alliance was made permanent after the election, though it did not always prevent Liberals and Progressives from running against one another in specific constituencies. Boivin was challenged by a pro-government Liberal named John Lamont in the 1936 election, and lost[3] by 82 votes.
Again campaigning as a pro-government independent candidate, Boivin challenged Lamont in the 1941 provincial election and won without difficulty. Though he still supported the Liberal-Progressive government,[3] Boivin sometimes sided with the small opposition caucus in legislative debates after 1941. He retired from the assembly in 1945.
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^CP (July 28, 1951). "Former MLA Dies in Manitoba". The Vancouver Province. p. 5. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
^ abcde. Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
January 01, 1970
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