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Arthur Meighen

1874 - 1960

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Arthur Meighen ( MEE-ən; June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and from 1941 to 1942. Meighen was born in Anderson, Ontario. His family came from County Londonderry, Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Meighen is the 14,082nd most popular politician (up from 14,279th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Canada (down from 345th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among politicians, Arthur Meighen ranks 14,082 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael Ignatieff, Centwine of Wessex, Juraj Dobrila, Hartmann, Count of Württemberg, Harry Cohn, and William Davies Evans. After him are Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Giovanni I Cornaro, Mutsu Munemitsu, Julian Castro, Lev Dovator, and Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Arthur Meighen ranks 173. Before him are Carl Størmer, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Johannes Baumann, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, André Gaudin, and Penelope Delta. After him are Henri Deloge, Ernst Streeruwitz, Albert Capellani, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Hermann Wilker, and Eugène Balme. Among people deceased in 1960, Arthur Meighen ranks 160. Before him are Alexandre Lippmann, Joseph Lamb, Teodoro Picado Michalski, Ayşe Sultan, Semyon Bogdanov, and Ian Keith. After him are Pedro Arispe, Henri De Deken, Bodil Katharine Biørn, Willem Elsschot, Roelof Klein, and György Piller.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Arthur Meighen ranks 348 out of 1,622. Before him are Gaëtan Dugas (1952), Pom Klementieff (1986), Julie Payette (1963), Georges St-Pierre (1981), James LaBrie (1963), and Michael Ignatieff (1947). After him are John McCrae (1872), Kevin Owens (1984), Dan Levy (1983), Harriet Brooks (1876), August Schellenberg (1936), and Naomi Klein (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Arthur Meighen ranks 38. Before him are John Diefenbaker (1895), Patricia Jones (1930), Marc Garneau (1949), Robert Borden (1854), Julie Payette (1963), and Michael Ignatieff (1947). After him are Ted Cruz (1970), Brock Chisholm (1896), R. B. Bennett (1870), Myrtle Cook (1902), Jacques Parizeau (1930), and Hilda Cameron (1912).

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