♂ Arthur Meighen ♦
 Presbyterian |
Record 42764 · 5848 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 67%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 16 June 1874 (149 years 10 months ago) |
5 August 1960 (63 years 8 months ago) |
86 years 1 month | No |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| Michael A. Meighen (1939–) | Grandson |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada |
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership roles
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | CA | 12 | CONS | 1 | Minister | 39–43 | 26 Jun 1913 — 24 Aug 1917 | 4 | 1 | 29 | |
| 2. | CA | 12 | CONS | 1 | Minister | 43 | 25 Aug 1917 — 11 Oct 1917 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| 3. | CA | 12 | CONS | 1 | Minister | 43 | 25 Aug 1917 — 11 Oct 1917 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| 4. | CA | 12 | CONS | 2 | ✓ | Minister | 43 | 31 Aug 1917 — 03 Oct 1917 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | CA | 12–13 | UNIO | 1 | Minister | 43–46 | 12 Oct 1917 — 09 Jul 1920 | 2 | 8 | 27 | |
| 6. | CA | 12–13 | UNIO | 1 | Minister | 43–46 | 12 Oct 1917 — 09 Jul 1920 | 2 | 8 | 27 | |
| 7. | CA | 13 | UNIO | 2 | Minister | 45–46 | 31 Dec 1919 — 09 Jul 1920 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 8. | CA | 13 | NLCP | 1 | Minister of State/responsible | 46–47 | 10 Jul 1920 — 28 Dec 1921 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |
| 9. | CA | 13 | NLCP | 1 | Prime Minister | 46–47 | 10 Jul 1920 — 28 Dec 1921 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |
| 10. | CA | 13–14 | NLCP | 1 | Party leader | 46–47 | 10 Jul 1920 — 15 Mar 1922 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| 11. | CA | 14–15 | NLCP | 1 | Opposition Leader | 47–52 | 29 Dec 1921 — 28 Jun 1926 | 4 | 5 | 30 | |
| 12. | CA | 14–15 | LC | 2 | Party leader | 47–52 | 16 Mar 1922 — 10 Oct 1926 | 4 | 6 | 24 | |
| 13. | CA | 15 | LC | 2 | Minister of State/responsible | 52 | 29 Jun 1926 — 24 Sep 1926 | 0 | 2 | 26 | |
| 14. | CA | 15 | LC | 2 | Prime Minister | 52 | 29 Jun 1926 — 24 Sep 1926 | 0 | 2 | 26 | |
| 15. | CA | 17 | LC | 1 | Minister | 57–61 | 03 Feb 1932 — 22 Oct 1935 | 3 | 8 | 19 | |
| 16. | CA | 19 | NCP | 3 | Party leader | 67–68 | 12 Nov 1941 — 09 Dec 1942 | 1 | 0 | 27 | |
| 1. Solicitor General 2. Secretary of State of Canada 3. Mines 4. Solicitor General [Int] 5. Indian Affairs 6. Interior 7. Mines 8. External Affairs 13. External Affairs 15. Without portfolio |
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Electoral history
| → 9 recorded electoral participations → 9 electoral path points |
→ 4 documented challengers: |
John Crawford m Henry G. Leader m (2 runoffs) Ewen A. McPherson m Joseph W. Noseworthy m |
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| Federal Ass.: 11 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 26 October 1908 | Age: 34 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | CONS | 52.07% | 3,144 of 6,038 | Elig.: 7,079 | Parti.: 86.11% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 47.93% | 2,894 (-250) | John Crawford m ( 52 ) | |||||
| ID: 20796(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 12 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 21 September 1911 | Age: 37 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | CONS | 55.76% | 3,267 of 5,859 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 44.24% | 2,592 (-675) | Robert Paterson m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 25 June 1913 > | ?? | CONS | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 21034(F) — 23 Jan 2022 15:57 ET | Service: 1 year 9 months 4 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 12 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 19 July 1913 | Age: 39 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | CONS | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 10 October 1917 > | ?? | CONS | → | UNIO | |||||
| ID: 21255(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:17 ET | Service: 4 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 13 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 17 December 1917 | Age: 43 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | UNIO | 82.53% | 4,611 of 5,587 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LL | 17.47% | 976 (-3,635) | Frederick Shirtliff m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 10 July 1920 > | ?? | UNIO | → | NLCP | |||||
| ID: 21292(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:17 ET | Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 14 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 6 December 1921 | Age: 47 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/3 | NLCP | 48.16% | 4,137 of 8,590 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | PROG | 50.22% | 4,314 (+177) | Henry G. Leader m ( 41 ) | |||||
| ID: 21556(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 14 |
Ontario | Grenville | |||||||
| 26 January 1922 | Age: 47 |
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/2 | NLCP | 61.38% | 4,482 of 7,302 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | PROG | 38.62% | 2,820 (-1,662) | Arthur K. Patterson m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 16 March 1922 > | ?? | NLCP | → | LC | Changed allegiance | ||||
| ID: 21768(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:30 ET | Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 15 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 29 October 1925 | Age: 51 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LC | 53.95% | 5,817 of 10,783 | Elig.: 15,505 | Parti.: 69.55% | ||
| Loser > | PROG | 46.05% | 4,966 (-851) | Henry G. Leader m ( 45 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 26 June 1926 > | ?? | LIB | → | LC | |||||
| ID: 21827(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:05 ET | Service: 0 year 10 months 15 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 16 |
Manitoba | Portage la Prairie | |||||||
| 14 September 1926 | Age: 52 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LC | 48.27% | 5,966 of 12,360 | Elig.: 15,505 | Parti.: 79.72% | ||
| Winner > | LIB | 51.73% | 6,394 (+428) | Ewen A. McPherson m ( 48 ) | |||||
| ID: 22078(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 19 |
Ontario | York South | |||||||
| 9 February 1942 | Age: 67 |
Failed comeback to Parliament (Party leader) | |||||||
| By-Election | ✗ | 2/2 | NCP | 42.14% | 11,952 of 28,360 | Elig.: 49,012 | Parti.: 57.86% | ||
| Winner > | CCF | 57.86% | 16,408 (+4,456) | Joseph W. Noseworthy m ( 53 ) | |||||
| ID: 23110(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | |||||||||
| → 9 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Arthur Meighen | 31 Mar 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Meighen, Arthur | 31 Mar 2024 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Meighen, Arthur | 31 Mar 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Meighen, Arthur | 31 Mar 2024 |
| EN | Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Meighen (1874-1960) | 31 Mar 2024 |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): The Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Senator | 31 Mar 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): Le très hon. Arthur Meighen, C.P., c.r., député, sénateur | 31 Mar 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Arthur Meighen | 31 Mar 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Arthur Meighen | 31 Mar 2024 |
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