Arthur Meighen

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Born 1874, Died 1960

Born

• June 16, 1874, Anderson, Ontario

Education

• University of Toronto, B.A. Mathematics 1896

Personal Life

• Married 1904, Isabel J. Cox (1882 - 1985)
• Two sons, one daughter

Occupations

• 1897 - 1898 Teacher, Caledonia, Ontario
• Lawyer (called to the Manitoba Bar in 1903)
• Businessman
• Author

Political Party

• Conservative
• 1920 - 1926, 1941 - 1942 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1908 - 1921, 1925 - 1926 Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
• 1922 - 1925 Grenville, Ontario

Other Ministries

• 1913 - 1917 Solicitor General
• 1917 Secretary of State
• 1917 - 1920 Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs
• 1919 - 1920 Mines
• 1920 - 1921, 1926 External Affairs
• 1926 President of the Privy Council
• 1932 - 1935 Minister Without Portfolio

Political Record

• Creation of the Canadian National Railway 1919
• Prominent in ending the Winnipeg General Strike 1919
• Argued successfully against the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1921
• Trade Agreements with France and the West Indies 1921
• Armistice Day Act 1921
• Leader of the Opposition 1921 - 1926
• Senator 1932 - 1942

Died

• August 5, 1960, Toronto, Ontario
• Grave site: St. Mary's Cemetery, St. Mary's, Ontario

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.