Joseph Boyd (politician)

Joseph Boyd (1835 – July 15, 1898) was a blacksmith and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1882 to 1885 as a Liberal.

He was born in St. John's. Boyd later served as sergeant-at-arms for the House of Assembly and then, in the 1890s, was named superintendent of the St. John's Poor Asylum. He died in Carbonear in 1898.