George Arthur Boggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
About George Arthur Boggs
- 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.Born in 1891 at Chicago, Illinois, Boggs was educated at Dartmouth College, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
- He married Evelyn Starr, who died in 1923 and then Helen Pipon Starr in February 1925.
- A fruit grower by career, Boggs moved to Nova Scotia in 1925.
- He served as president of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, and warden of St.
- John's Anglican Church, Wolfville.
- Boggs entered provincial politics in 1953, when he was elected in the dual-member riding of Kings County with Progressive Conservative Edward Haliburton.
- 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.
- Boggs died at Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 9, 1968.
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