Today in Canada’s Political History: Arthur Meighen plaque unveiled in Portage la PrairieCanada’s 9th Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Arthur Meighen, was remembered on this date in 1971 in the Manitoba community where he began his rise to power. Though born in Ontario, Meighen moved west to Portage la Prairie where he served as a successful lawyer before his friends and neighbours there sent him to Ottawa as their MP. One of them, Theodore Roosevelt Meighen, was the father of former Senator Michael Meighen. The text of the Meighen plaque unveiled on August 23, 1971 reads as follows:“Prime Minister of Canada, 1920-21, and again from June to September, 1926, Arthur Meighen was born in Ontario. First elected to the House of Commons in 1908 to represent Portage la Prairie, he became a skilled parliamentarian and later gained an unchallenged reputation as the ablest debater of his generation in Canadian politics.

Source: CBC News August 23, 2022 09:07 UTC