Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon

The Earl of Shannon
The Earl of Shannon
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
	In office; 15 September 1885 – 10 August 1887
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Frederick Haultain
Constituency	Macleod
Personal details
Born	15 May 1860
Died	1906
Political party	Independent

Richard Henry Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (15 May 1860 - 1906) was a politician in Canada's Northwest Territories. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1885 to 1887.

Early life

Boyle was the son of Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon and Lady Blanche Emma Lascelles.[1]

Boyle ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in the 1885 Northwest Territories election. He defeated candidate George C. Ives to become the first Member for the new electoral district of Macleod.[2] Boyle did not serve a full term in office before resigning, vacating his seat in 1887.[2][3]

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Graham Boyle. "6th Earl of Shannon". The Boyle Family Genealogy. Archived from the original on 26 September 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
"North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
Profile Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, saskarchives.com; accessed 16 May 2016.

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Henry Bentinck Boyle	Earl of Shannon 1890–1906	Succeeded by Richard Bernard Boyle

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