MEIGHEN, The Right Hon. Arthur, P.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.D.
Federal Political Experience
Years of Service:
10066 Days (27 years, 6 months, 22 days)
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Parliamentary Group (Caucus)
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Offices and Roles as a Parliamentarian
Prime Minister of Canada
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Prime Minister
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1926.06.29
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1926.09.24
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Prime Minister
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1920.07.10
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1921.12.28
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Minister
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Minister Without Portfolio
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1932.02.03
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1935.10.22
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President of the Privy Council
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1926.06.29
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1926.09.24
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Secretary of State for External Affairs
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1926.06.29
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1926.09.24
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Secretary of State for External Affairs
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1920.07.10
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1921.12.28
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Minister of Mines
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1919.12.31
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1920.07.09
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Minister of the Interior
Assumed the functions of Minister of Justice, 1919.
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1917.10.12
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1920.07.09
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Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
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1917.10.12
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1920.07.09
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Solicitor General of Canada
(Acting)
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1917.08.31
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1917.10.03
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Minister of Mines
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1917.08.25
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1917.10.11
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Secretary of State of Canada
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1917.08.25
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1917.10.11
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Solicitor General of Canada
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1915.10.02
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1917.08.24
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Solicitor General of Canada
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1913.06.26
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1915.10.01
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Leader of the Official Opposition
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Leader of the Official Opposition
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1921.12.29
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1926.06.28
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Leader of the Government in the Senate
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Leader of the Government in the Senate
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1932.02.03
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1935
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Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
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Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Resigned from Senate on January 16, 1942 to seek election of the House of Commons as leader of the Conservative Party.
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1936.01.01
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1942.01.16
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Committees - Senate
Member
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Special Committee on Serious Railway Condition
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18th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03)
18th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1938.01.27 - 1938.07.01)
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Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce
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19th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1940.11.07 - 1942.01.21)
19th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1940.05.16 - 1940.11.05)
18th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03)
18th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1938.01.27 - 1938.07.01)
18th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1937.01.14 - 1937.04.10)
18th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1936.02.06 - 1936.06.23)
17th Parl.,
6th
Session
(1935.01.17 - 1935.07.05)
17th Parl.,
5th
Session
(1934.01.25 - 1934.07.03)
17th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1932.10.06 - 1933.05.27)
17th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1932.02.04 - 1932.05.26)
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Standing Committee on External Relations
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19th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1940.11.07 - 1942.01.21)
19th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1940.05.16 - 1940.11.05)
18th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03)
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Standing Committee on Finance
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17th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1932.02.04 - 1932.05.26)
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Standing Committee on Internal Economy and Contingent Accounts
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19th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1940.11.07 - 1942.01.21)
19th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1940.05.16 - 1940.11.05)
18th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03)
18th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1938.01.27 - 1938.07.01)
18th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1937.01.14 - 1937.04.10)
18th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1936.02.06 - 1936.06.23)
17th Parl.,
6th
Session
(1935.01.17 - 1935.07.05)
17th Parl.,
5th
Session
(1934.01.25 - 1934.07.03)
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Standing Committee on Railways, Telegraphs and Harbours
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19th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1940.11.07 - 1942.01.21)
19th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1940.05.16 - 1940.11.05)
18th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1939.01.12 - 1939.06.03)
18th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1938.01.27 - 1938.07.01)
18th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1937.01.14 - 1937.04.10)
18th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1936.02.06 - 1936.06.23)
17th Parl.,
6th
Session
(1935.01.17 - 1935.07.05)
17th Parl.,
5th
Session
(1934.01.25 - 1934.07.03)
17th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1932.10.06 - 1933.05.27)
17th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1932.02.04 - 1932.05.26)
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Committees - House of Commons
Member
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Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce
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14th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1922.03.08 - 1922.06.28)
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Standing Committee on Mines and Minerals
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14th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1924.02.28 - 1924.07.19)
14th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1923.01.31 - 1923.06.30)
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Standing Committee on Public Accounts
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15th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1926.01.07 - 1926.07.02)
14th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1925.02.05 - 1925.06.27)
14th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1924.02.28 - 1924.07.19)
14th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1923.01.31 - 1923.06.30)
14th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1922.03.08 - 1922.06.28)
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Committees - Joint
Member
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Special Committee of the House of Commons appointed to meet with a similar committee of the Senate to consider Senate Bill B2, entitled: "An act to consolidate and amend the Railway Act
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12th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1914.01.15 - 1914.06.12)
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Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament
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15th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1926.01.07 - 1926.07.02)
14th Parl.,
4th
Session
(1925.02.05 - 1925.06.27)
14th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1924.02.28 - 1924.07.19)
14th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1923.01.31 - 1923.06.30)
13th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1919.09.01 - 1919.11.10)
13th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1919.02.20 - 1919.07.07)
13th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1918.03.18 - 1918.05.24)
12th Parl.,
7th
Session
(1917.01.18 - 1917.09.20)
12th Parl.,
6th
Session
(1916.01.12 - 1916.05.18)
12th Parl.,
5th
Session
(1915.02.04 - 1915.04.15)
12th Parl.,
3rd
Session
(1914.01.15 - 1914.06.12)
12th Parl.,
2nd
Session
(1912.11.21 - 1913.06.06)
12th Parl.,
1st
Session
(1911.11.15 - 1912.04.01)
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Political Party Roles
Conservative (1867-1942)
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Party Leader
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1941.11.12 - 1942.12.09
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Party Leader
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1920.07.10 - 1926.09.24
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Family Ties in Parliament
Selected Publications
This bibliography includes books, chapters in books and journal articles written, edited, compiled or translated solely by the parliamentarian or with others.
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Sole Author
Multiple Authors
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Sole Author
Books
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The greatest Englishman of history.
Toronto :
S.B. Gundy;
Oxford University Press, 1936.
39 p.
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The greatest Englishman of history.
Fort Erie, Ont. :
The Review Co.;
1954.
43 p.
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Overseas addresses, June-July 1921.
Toronto :
Musson Book Co.;
1921.
82 p.
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Unrevised and unrepented II : debating speeches and others by the Right Honourable Arthur Meighen ; foreword by Prime Minister Stephen Harper ; afterword by Senator Michael A. Meighen ; edited by Arthur Milnes.
Kingston, Ont. :
School of Policy Studies, Queen's University ; Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press [distributor];
c2011.
xiv, 321 p.
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Unrevised and unrepented; foreword by M. Grattan O'Leary.
Toronto :
Clarke, Irwin & Co.;
1949.
470 p.
Chapters in Books
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Foreword.
In: Memory's wall : the autobiography of Flora McCrea Eaton. Eaton, Flora McCrea, Lady..
Toronto :
Clarke, Irwin;
1956.
xii, 214 p.
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Foreword.
In: Thirty-five years in the limelight: Sir Rodmond Roblin and his times / Hugh R. Ros.
Winnipeg :
Farmer's Advocate of Winnipeg;
1936.
xi, 205 p.
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Introduction.
In: Borden, Robert Laird. Robert Laird Borden: his memoirs / edited and with a preface by Henry Borden.
Toronto :
Macmillan;
1938.
2 v. (xvii, 1061 p.)
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Introduction.
In: The Canadian provinces : their problems and policies. Nelson, John.
Toronto :
Musson;
c1924.
xix, 219 p.
Articles
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Canada's natural resources and their state control .
The Geographical Journal.
52 (2)
August 1918.
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The Canadian Senate.
Queen's Quarterly.
44 : 152-163
Summer 1937.
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Le Sénat du Canada.
Queen's Quarterly.
44 : 152-163
été 1937.
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Multiple Authors
Books
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Twenty-five years afterwards by Arthur Meighen [et al.].
[Ottawa] :
League of Nations Society in Canada;
1939.
20 p.
Archival fonds and collections
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Additional information
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Biographical information
Marriage (1904.06.01 - 1960.08.05)
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Cox, Isabel J.
Birth: 1883.04.18 (Granby, Quebec)
Death: 1985.09.06
Children
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Meighen, Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy)
Birth: 1905
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Meighen, Max
Birth: 1908
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Meighen, Lillian
Birth: 1910.06.21
Cause of Death:
heart failure
Place of Burial:
St. Mary's Cemetery, St. Mary's, Ontario, Canada
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Heritage Information
Plaques, Statues, etc.:
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba