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♂ Michael Arthur Meighen
aliasMichael Arthur Meighen
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Never been in office Performance: 0%
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Canada 0 2 2
Birth 25 March 1939
Age 85 years + 1 month
First run 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 7 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Michael Arthur Meighen (1939– )
© Photo 2012 Senate (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Arthur Meighen (1874–1960) Grandfather  
 
Well that's interesting!
Born in Montreal, Meighen, the grandson of former prime minister Arthur Meighen and a friend and advisor of Brian Mulroney, ran twice for a seat in Parliament in the early 1970s, but failed. Mulroney thus appointed him to the Senate in September 1990, where he served until 2012. In 2005, he was the only Conservative senator to vote in favour of same-sex marriage.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Ontario (1990–2012)
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
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Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles M. Drury  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 53,397 Votes: 40,064 Participation: 75.03% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10377(F) — 23 Jan 2022 16:00 ET
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 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
33
PC
 2/4 10,551 26.34% -13,498 Winner:
LIB
 24,049 60.03% Charles M. Drury
Eligible: 51,592 Votes: 37,127 Participation: 71.96% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10641(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:19 ET
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 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
35
PC
 2/5 11,575 32.03% -9,241 Winner:
LIB
 20,816 57.61% Charles M. Drury

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Michael A. Meighen, Q.C., Senator		 25 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Michael A. Meighen, c.r., sénateur		 25 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Michael Meighen		 25 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Mar 2024 21:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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