Arthur Meyen , spelling Meigen ( English Arthur Meighen , June 16, 1874 - August 5, 1960 ), the original pronunciation of the surname Miyen ( ˈmiːən ) is a Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Canada in 1920 - 1921 and 1926 , representing the Conservative Party .

Arthur Meigen
Arthur meighen
Arthur Mayen, twice Prime Minister of Canada
9th Prime Minister of Canada June 29 - September 25, 1926
Monarch	George V
Predecessor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Successor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
July 10, 1920 - December 29, 1921
Monarch	George V
Predecessor	Robert Laird Borden
Successor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Leader of the official opposition of His Majesty December 29, 1921 - June 29, 1926
Head of the government	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Monarch	George V
Predecessor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Successor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada November 12, 1941 - December 9, 1942
Predecessor	Robert Manion (acting)
Successor	batch converted; John Bracken (as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada )
July 10, 1920 - September 25, 1926
Predecessor	Robert Borden
Successor	Hugh Guthrie (acting) Richard Badford Bennett
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Canada June 29 - September 25, 1926
Head of the government	he himself
Predecessor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Successor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
July 10, 1920 - December 29, 1921
Head of the government	he himself
Monarch	George V
Predecessor	Robert Laird Borden
Successor	William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Father	Joseph Mayen
Mother	Mary jane bell
Spouse
Children	Theodore Roosevelt, Maxwell Charles Gordon, Lillian
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Biography

Arthur Meyen, who had achieved great success at school and was the secretary of the school Literary Society, received a mathematical education at the University of Toronto , completed it in 1896 , after which he trained in law at Osgood Hall School and worked as a lawyer and teacher, was also engaged in entrepreneurial activity. In 1904 he married Isabelle Cox, with whom he had three children.

In 1908, Meyen was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons from one of the counties in Manitoba , and in 1913 became Attorney General in the government of Robert Laird Borden . In 1917, he became Secretary of State and Minister of Mines and in the same year was one of the main supporters of the idea of ​​introducing universal military conscription during the First World War and of giving soldiers the right to vote to strengthen the government’s position in the upcoming elections, shortly before which Meyen became Minister of Internal Affairs. affairs and affairs of the Indians. In this post, Meyen, who again took the chair of the Minister of Mines since 1919 , led the creation of the Canadian Railways company and the suppression of the general strike in Winnipeg .

In 1920, after the resignation of Borden, Meyen headed the government, becoming the first and so far the only Prime Minister of Canada from Manitoba. Meyen sought to preserve the Unionist coalition created by Borden during the war, with some liberals , but he was not successful in the west of the country for suppressing the strike and in the east for participating in the introduction of military service. In the 1921 election , most liberals won seats under the leadership of William Lyon, Mackenzie King , the same age as Meigen and his rival, while still at university. The liberals even lost the second place to the farmers' Progressive Party, and Meigen lost his seat in parliament, although in the next 1922 he again went to parliament from one of Ontario's districts by election and became the leader of the opposition .

During this period, Meyen advocated the participation of Canadian troops on the British side in the emerging conflict with Turkey after the latter attacked the base at Canak in 1922 , which was sharply opposed by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. In 1925, Kingu, having formed a minority government with the support of the Progressive Party, managed to stay on as prime minister, although the conservatives won the most seats. However, the following year, after a corruption scandal, the King’s government received a vote of no confidence, after which Governor-General of Canada Julian Bing rejected his request for early elections and instructed Meyen to form a new government, which, however, did not receive parliamentary support and was defeated two months later liberals in the early elections, which gave them an absolute majority, with Meyen again losing his seat in parliament, after which he left the post of leader of the Conservative Party in favor of Hugh Guthrie .

In 1932, on the recommendation of conservative Prime Minister Richard Badford Bennett, Meyen was appointed to the Senate of Canada from Ontario, where he became the leader of the Conservative faction. In 1941, he was re-elected leader of the Conservatives after the resignation of Robert Manion , who opposed universal conscription with the outbreak of World War II . Meyen sought to create a government of national unity with the liberals, but King chose to work with the socialist Cooperative Federation of the Commonwealth, and Mayen, who left the Senate, could not get a seat in the House of Commons and resigned as leader of the Conservatives, who later became the Progressive Conservative Party .

Meyen died in Toronto in 1960 , having lived after resigning as prime minister for 33 years and 10 months, making him the longest-living former prime minister. In addition, Meigen was the first Prime Minister of Canada, born after gaining dominion status in 1867 .