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Arthur Meighen (1874-1960). The Reader's Biographical Encyclopaedia. 1922

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Arthur Meighen (1874-1960). The Reader's Biographical Encyclopaedia. 1922 Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Bibliographic Record Hugh Chisholm, et al., eds.  The Reader’s Biographical Encyclopædia.  1922.
17,000 Articles from the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th & 12th eds. Arthur Meighen (1874–1960) Canadian statesman, born on the 16th of June 1874 at Anderson, Perth co., ON. After studying law, he practised for some years in Portage la Prairie, MB. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the general election of 1908, and was re-elected in 1911 and 1917. In 1913 he was appointed Solicitor-General in the Borden administration and in 1915 was sworn of the Privy Council for Canada. He became Secretary of State and Minister of Mines in 1917, and the same year was made Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General for Indian Affairs. In 1918 he went to England with the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, to attend the Imperial Conference. Following the retirement of Sir Robert Borden in 1919 he was chosen to succeed him as leader of the Union Government. He became Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs July 10, 1920, and was appointed a member of the King’s Privy Council in October of the same year. He attended the conference of Prime Ministers in London in June 1921. But he resigned office on the heavy defeat of his party at the elections in December. © 2022 WEHD.com

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