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Arthur Meighen (1874-1960)
By Michael Campbell
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Early Years-Born June 16th 1874 in Anderson, Ontario-Graduated from the University of Toronto -Graduated from the Osgoode Hall Law School in 1904-Moved to Winnipeg where he articling with a local law firm-Moved to Portage La Prairie in 1903 taking over a law firm there
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Rise to Power-After arriving at Portage La Prarrrie he joind the Young Men's Conservative Club (which as no relation to the YMCA)-Ran in the 1908 election and was elected into the House of Commons-His amazing ability to debate caught the attention of the Conservative party leader-His insightful views into government helped the conservatives pass bills -was made Solicitor General after the bill was passed-Four years after he was made secretary of State (1917)-Became minister of the Interrior-Helped create the Canadian National Railway as well as acting as the ministerof Justice and ending the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919
Its fun to stay at the Y.M.C.C!!
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Positions in Politics-Was Prime Minister for two Terms-First term (July 10th 1920-December 29 1921)-Became Prime Minister in the 1920's Succeeding the last Conservative Prime Minister (Prime Minister Boden having resigned for retirement) -Lost the 1921 election and Meighen became leader of the opposition-Second Term (June 29th 1926-September 25th 1926)-Meighen was appointed Prime Minister after the Majority government was threatened
I don't like the Military
Conscription Act
True that
Riot Police are lame. We just wanted better
wages.
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The Final Years
-Retired after the “King-Byng affair”-He was appointed to the senate-joined a Investment firm in Toronto in 1932-Died in Toronto Ontario August 5th 1960
YOU JUST GOT BYNG'D!
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In My Opinion as a Prime Minister...
He get's:
Out of a possible:
Arthur Meighen influenced government much more before he was elected as PM.
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Cool Facts:
Had a Mountain Named after him
This mountain, its in BC too------------------------->
I'm Named Mt. Arthur Meighen
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BibliographySources:Print sources“Arthur Meighen” World Book
Web sources
Wikipedia “Arthur Meighen”<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Meighen> accessed 9th January 2010Collections Canada “Arthur Meighen”<http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3231-e.html> accessed 8th January 2009