Arthur Radcliffe Boswell | |
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24th Mayor of Toronto | |
In office 1883–1884 |
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Preceded by | William Barclay McMurrich |
Succeeded by | Alexander Manning |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cobourg, Upper Canada |
January 3, 1838
Died | May 16, 1925 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
(aged 87)
Profession | Lawyer |
Arthur Radcliffe Boswell (3 January 1838 – 16 May 1925) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served one term as Mayor of Toronto. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.
Boswell was born in Cobourg, Upper Canada. His father was George Morse Jukes Boswell. Boswell studied law, and became a member of the bar in 1865. He served two terms of chairman of the Public Library Board, and in 1876 he successfully ran for a seat on the Toronto City Council. In 1882 he ran for Mayor; his opponent was John Jacob Withrow, a former Toronto Alderman who was instrumental in bringing Toronto's first industrial fair to fruition (1879). Boswell won the election by 5 votes, and served one term (January 1883 – January 1885). He did not stand for re-election.
In 1911 Boswell was appointed Superintendent of Insurance for Ontario and Registrar of Loan Companies.