Richard M. McMeekin (February 1, 1878 – November 20, 1960) was a politician in the

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province of Ontario, who served in the

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in 1937. He represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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. McMeekin won the seat in the 1937 election. However, after just two weeks in office, he resigned to open a seat for former federal MP Colin Campbell to enter provincial politics in a

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, after Campbell was defeated in the district of Frontenac-Addington on election day. Prior to his election to the legislature, McMeekin served two years as mayor of

.Former Mayors
City of Sault Ste. Marie.

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* 1878 births 1960 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub