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Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen ( ; 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. He studied mathematics at the University of Toronto, and then trained to be a lawyer. After qualifying to practise law, he moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Meighen entered the House of Commons of Canada in 1908, and in 1913 was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden. Meighen prominently served as solicitor general, minister of the interior, and superintendent-general of Indian affairs. In July 1920, Meighen succeeded Borden as Conservative leader and prime minister – the first born after Confederation. Meighen suffered a heavy defeat in the 1921 election to Mackenzie King and the Liberal Party. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire, and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the Grammatical person, third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl Of Bessborough
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, (27 October 1880 – 10 March 1956), was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the List of Governors General of Canada#Governors General of Canada, 1867–present, fourteenth since Canadian Confederation. Born and educated in England into 'Protestant Ascendancy, the Ascendancy', the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, he graduated with a law degree from Cambridge University. In 1910 he became a member of the London County Council as a member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons. Upon the death of his grandfather ten years later, Ponsonby succeeded as Earl of Bessborough and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1931 he was appointed as Governor-General by King George V, on the recommendation of British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald, to replace Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, The Earl of Willingdon as viceroy. He occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth South, Ontario
The Township of Perth South is a lower-tier municipality in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in Perth County, Ontario, Perth County at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames and Avon River (Ontario), Avon rivers. The township was created on January 1, 1998, from the amalgamation of the former Township of Blanshard and the former Township of Downie. The land area of Perth South is 393.14 square kilometers. The population in 2016 was 3,810. Canada's ninth Prime Minister, Arthur Meighen, was born in Anderson, a community in Perth South. Communities The township encompasses the Villages of Sebringville and Kirkton. There are smaller settlement areas known as Hamlet (place), Hamlets that include: Avonbank, Ontario, Avonbank, Avonton, Conroy, Harmony, Prospect Hill, Rannoch, St. Pauls, Whalen Corners and Woodham. The township is composed predominantly of a mix of rural agricultural land and hamlet residential uses with a total land area of 39,202 hectares. The 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arza Clair Casselman
Arza Clair Casselman, (January 19, 1891 – May 11, 1958) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Grenville in 1921 and then Grenville—Dundas from 1925 to 1958 in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative and later Progressive Conservative member. Personal life Early life and education Casselman was born January 19, 1891, in Mariatown, Ontario, located in what was then Williamsburg Township (now, the municipality of South Dundas) in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Casselman was the son of Michael and Almeda Casselman, who were married in 1872. His mother was born in Williamsburg Township in 1851 and his father was born in Matilda Township in 1848, now also part of South Dundas. His family was likely descended from the first Casselmans to settle in Dundas County, who arrived in Canada around 1784 from the Mohawk Valley, New York, as United Empire Loyalists. Casselman's father Michael was also invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenville (federal Electoral District)
Grenville was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Grenville South and Leeds North and Grenville North ridings. It consisted of the county of Grenville. The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Grenville—Dundas riding. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External links Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crawford (Manitoba Politician)
John Crawford (June 17, 1856 – May 31, 1928) was a Canadian politician. Born in Kintail, Huron County, Canada West, the son of James Crawford and Catherine McGregor, Crawford received his education in the Port Albert public school, and after spending six years in a flour mill in Port Albert moved to Gladstone, Manitoba. In 1876, he took up land in Neepawa district and carried on an implement business also, until 1883, when he removed to the town and conducted the implement, lumber and grain business until August 1890 when he opened a general store. He was elected to Council in 1884, and was, for some years, Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Rosedale. At the time of the outbreak of the North-West Rebellion, he raised a company of volunteers, which was attached to the 95th Battalion, and was gazetted as captain. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as the Liberal candidate for Beautiful Plains in 1886 and 1888, but was defeated by John Andrew Davidson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan McPherson
Ewan Alexander McPherson (January 27, 1878 – November 18, 1954) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1926 to 1930. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1920 and from 1932 to 1936, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken. Biography McPherson was born in Worth County, Missouri, Worth County, Missouri, and arrived in Canada with his family in 1879. He was educated at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Portage la Prairie, and worked as a barrister. He was called to the bar in 1904, and became a bench member of the Manitoba Bar Association in 1915. In 1916, he was named King's Counsel. In 1904, McPherson married Winnifred Mabel Finn. He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1910 Manitoba general election, 1910 provincial election, as a Manitoba Liberal Party, Liberal in the Portage la Prairie (provincial electoral district), Portage la Prairie constituency. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Leader
Henry George Leader (March 10, 1880 – May 9, 1946) was a politician, farmer, and cattle breeder from Manitoba, Canada. Leader served as a councillor in the township of Burnside, Manitoba, from 1906 to 1912 and was reeve from 1912 to 1914 as well as a member of the executive of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities from 1913 to 1914. He then volunteered for service with the Canadian Army during World War I. After the war, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive MP representing Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in the 1921 federal election, having defeated Prime Minister Arthur Meighen by almost 200 votes. He lost to Meighen when he stood for re-election in 1925. Leader returned to parliament as a Liberal MP in the 1935 federal election. For the rest of his political service, he sat as a backbencher supporting Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's government. He was re-elected in 1940 and 1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portage La Prairie (federal Electoral District)
Portage la Prairie was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1949. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Macdonald riding. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Norquay, Portage—Neepawa and Selkirk ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: # John Crawford, Liberal (1904–1908) #Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1908–1921) # Harry Leader, Progressive (1921–1925) #Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1925–1926) # Ewan McPherson, Liberal (1926–1930) # William Herbert Burns, Conservative (1930–1935) #Harry Leader, Liberal (1935–1946) # Calvert Charlton Miller, Progressive Conservative (1946–1949) Election results By-election: On Mr. Meighen being appointed Solicitor General, 26 June 1913 By-election: On Mr. Leader's death, 9 May 1946 See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (Canada)
A member of Parliament (post-nominal letters: MP; , ) is an elected politician in the House of Commons of Canada, the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Terminology The term's primary use is in reference to the members of the House of Commons. In legislation, it can also refer to the members of the Senate of Canada, but in common usage, the title ''senator'' () is typically used. By contrast, no such alternate title exists for members of the House of Commons. A less ambiguous term for members of both chambers is ''parliamentarian''. MPs each represent an individual Electoral district (Canada), electoral district, also known as a ''constituency'' or ''riding''. MPs are elected using the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system in a Elections in Canada, general election or by-election, usually held every four years or less. In contrast, the 105 members of the Senate are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, prime minister. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solicitor General Of Canada
The Solicitor General of Canada () was a position in the Canada, Canadian The Ministry, ministry from 1892 to 2005. The position was based on the Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor General in the Great Britain, British system and was originally designated as an officer to assist the Attorney General and Minister of Justice (Canada), Minister of Justice. It was not initially a position in the Canadian Cabinet, although after 1917 its occupant was often sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and attended Cabinet meetings. In 1966, the modern position of Solicitor General was created with the repeal of the previous Solicitor General Act and the passage of a new statute creating the ministerial office of the Solicitor General of Canada. In recent decades the Solicitor General's department was responsible for administering the prison system, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Parole Board (Canada), National Parole Board and other matters relating to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander Lougheed
Sir James Alexander Lougheed, ( or ; 1September 18542November 1925) was a businessman, lawyer and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a senator for 35 years, and held a number of Cabinet positions. Early life Lougheed was born in the village of Tullamore, in Chinguacousy Township, Canada West, which is now part of Brampton, Ontario. Tullamore was home to many first-generation, Protestant, Irish-Canadians from the south part of county Sligo. The son of Irish-Protestant parents Mary Ann (Alexander) and John Lougheed, the family moved to Weston (now a community within Toronto, Ontario) when Lougheed was a child, and he attended King Street Public School (now H. J. Alexander Public School) and Weston High School (now Weston Collegiate Institute). He attended the University of Toronto and he studied law at the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and was sworn in as a solicitor in 1881. In 1887 he formed a law practice with Peter McCarthy and two years later in 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
