Lillian Wright (née Meighen; 1910 – 1993) was a

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and the daughter of

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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 fr ...

and

Isabel Meighen Jessie Isabel Meighen (née Cox; April 18, 1882 – September 6, 1985) was the wife of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Granby, Quebec. She married Arthur Meighen in 1904, and they had two sons and one ...

. She was married to

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, a music teacher and composer that she met while attending a concert at which he was performing.Don Wright Foundation
, St. Michael's Hospital. Her brothers were

Theodore Meighen Theodore Roosevelt O'Neil Meighen (October 1905 – 1979) was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Cox. Education Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba ...

and

Maxwell Meighen Colonel Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen, OBE (June 5, 1908 – February 5, 1992) was a Canadian financier and the son of Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. Life and career Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He gradua ...

. Following her death in 1993, her husband endowed the "Don and Lillian Meighen Wright Maternity Centre" at

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's St. Michael's Hospital in her memory. He also established the "Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation".

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Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation

Lillian Meighen Wright Lillian Wright (née Meighen; 1910 – 1993) was a Canadian philanthropist and the daughter of Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Meighen. She was married to Don Wright, a music teacher and composer that she met while atte ...

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