The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen, PC (June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was the 9th Prime Minister of Canada from July 10, 1920, to December 29, 1921, and June 29 to September 25, 1926. Each of his terms were brief, & a 2nd was unprecedented & arose part away from conflicts between a Governor General of Canada and Meighen's rival, William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Meighen was innate around Anderson, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from either a University of Toronto, earning a B.The. inside Mathematics in 1896. Within 1904 he married Isabel J. Cox (1882 - 1985) with whom he had two sons and one daughter. Around 1990, one of his grandsons, Michael Meighen was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Meighen experimented withinside many professions, including people of teacher, attorney & man of affairs, prior to becoming required in politics as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was number 1 elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1908, defeating incumbent John Crawford in the Manitoba riding of Portage La Prairie. He was re-elected inside 1908 & 1911, and once againside in 1913 fallowing existence appointed Solicitor-General.

Meighen served when Solicitor-General from either June 26, 1913, until August 25, 1917, when he was appointed Minister of Mines and Secretary of State for Canada. He was once again shifted in October 12, 1917, this time to the positions of Minister of the Interior and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was besides re-appointed Minister of Mines on the last day of 1920.

Around 1919, as acting Minister of Justice and senior Manitoban in the government of Sir Robert Laird Borden, Meighen helped put down the Winnipeg General Strike by force. He became leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party and Prime Minister on July 7, 1920, when Borden resigned.

Meighen fought a 1921 election under the banner of the National Liberal and Conservative Party in an attempt to keep a allegiance of Liberals world health organization got supported the wartime Unionist government. A person was defeated per Liberals led by William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Meighen was personally defeated within Portage La Prairie. He continued to lead a Conservative Person (which got reverted to its traditional title), & returned to parliament inside 1922 for the eastern Ontario riding of Grenville.

A Tories won a plurality of seats in the inconclusive election of 1925, but King was able to hang on to onto to power until 1926 through an alliance with a Progressives. Once King was on a verge of losing the vote within the Commons in 1926, he asked the Governor General, Lord Byng, to call an election. Once Byng refused, King resigned & Meighen was invited to form the government. This became called a "King-Byng Affair". Meighen's government was quickly defeated in the Commons, and Byng promptly known as an election. Meighan's person was swept from either professional, & Meighen was once more defeated within Portage La Prairie. He resigned when Conservative Person leader shortly thenceforth.

Meighen was appointed to the Senate in 1932 by R.B. Bennett. He served when Leader of the Government in the Senate & Minister while forgoing Portfolio from either February 3, 1932, to October 22, 1935.

Inside 1941, Meighen was prevailed upon to become leader of the Conservative Person once again. He resigned his Senate seat in January 16, 1942, and campaigned around the by-election for the Toronto riding of York South. He was defeated per Cooperative Commonwealth Federation's Joseph Noseworthy, however, & once more withdrew from either public life.

Arthur Meighen died within Toronto, Ontario, on August 5, 1960, and was buried within St. Marys Burying ground, St. Marys, Ontario, near his birthplace.