Arthur Meighen
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The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen PC QC |
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| 9th Prime Minister of Canada | |
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In office 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General | The Lord Byng of Vimy |
| Preceded by | W. L. Mackenzie King |
| Succeeded by | W. L. Mackenzie King |
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In office 10 July 1920 – 29 December 1921 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General |
The Duke of Devonshire The Lord Byng of Vimy |
| Preceded by | Robert Borden |
| Succeeded by | W. L. Mackenzie King |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 June 1874 Perth South, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 5 August 1960 (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Resting place |
St. Marys Cemetery, St. Marys, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party |
Conservative (1908–1917, 1922–1942) Unionist (1917–1922) Progressive Conservative (1942–1960) |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel Cox (m. 1904; his death 1960) |
| Children | 3, including Theodore Meighen |
| Relatives | Michael Meighen (grandson) |
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Arthur Meighen PC, QC (/ˈmiːən/; 16 June 1874 – 5 August 1960) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from 10 July 1920 to 29 December 1921; and from 29 June 1926 to 25 September 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding in Manitoba. Meighen later served for a decade in the Senate of Canada, and failed in a second attempt at leading the Conservatives in 1941–42, after which he returned to the practice of law. He has the reputation of being a mediocre prime minister.
Arthur Meighen was born on a farm near Anderson, Perth County, Ontario, to Joseph Meighen and Mary Jane Bell. He attended primary school at Blanshard public school in Anderson, where, in addition to being the grandson of the village's first schoolmaster, he was an exemplary student. In 1892, during his final high school year at St. Marys Collegiate Institute, which later became North Ward Public School in St. Marys (now known as Arthur Meighen Public School) Meighen was elected secretary of the literary society and was an expert debater in the school debating society in an era when debating was in high repute. He took first class honours in mathematics, English, and Latin.
He then attended University College at the University of Toronto, where he earned a B.A. in mathematics in 1896, with first-class standing. While there, he met and became a rival of William Lyon Mackenzie King; the two men, both future prime ministers, did not get along especially well from the start. Meighen then graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School.
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