Alfred Boyd

Alfred Boyd (* 1836 in England; † August 16, 1908 ) was a Canadian politician and businessman. From September 16 1870 to December 14, 1871, he was the first head of the province of Manitoba. The office of Prime Minister in the modern sense did not exist, which is why he was referred to as Provincial Secretary ( Provincial secretary ).

Biography

About Boyd's origin and his youth nothing definite is known. It is believed that he came into Rupert's land from about 1858 in appearance. He worked as a merchant in the Red River colony and acquired a considerable fortune. From the policy he held out so well in 1869 during the Red River Rebellion. Nevertheless, he was elected in January 1870 in the 40 - member council, convened the rebel leader Louis Riel and to decide on the fate of the Red River Colony. Boyd spoke out against Riel as chairman from, was against the creation of a new province and preferred the status of a territory.

After the end of the uprising and the successful on June 15, 1870 Foundation of Manitoba appointed Lieutenant-Governor Adams George Archibald Boyd to the Provincial Secretary, a kind of informal head of government. In the first election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on December 27, 1870, Boyd prevailed in the electoral district of St. Andrew's North. A month later he was appointed Archibald addition to the Minister of Public Works and Minister of Agriculture. On various occasions Boyd criticism had to put up with. Newly arrived settlers from Ontario complained about a lack prisons and bridges, its predominantly English-speaking voters disliked initiated construction in the French town of Saint -Boniface and his consent to the establishment of a Roman Catholic diocese.

Given this increasing pressure, Boyd decided on 9 December 1871 to lay down his office. He moved to the Northwest Territories and was there in December 1872 of the founding members of the temporary Parliament. This he was a member until the dissolution in November 1876. From March to October 1873, he was temporarily the Government of Manitoba as Minister of Education. After his second resignation he sought there no re-election. Boyd moved back to England in 1889, where he earned numerous pieces of land. At his death, the estate had a value of 83,000 pounds.