Until 1930, any MP appointed to cabinet was required by law to seek re-election in a by-election. Only one Prime Minister failed to win such a by-election. Wilfrid Laurier was appointed Inland Revenue minister in 1877 by Alexander Mackenzie and lost his attempt to retain his seat for Drummond-Arthabaska. The riding of Quebec East was [...]
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Have any PMs lost ministerial by-elections?
Posted in King, Laurier, Mackenzie, Meighen, tagged Alexander Mackenzie, Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Wilfrid Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How many sitting PMs lost their seats?
Posted in Campbell, King, Macdonald, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John A. Macdonald, Kim Campbell, William Lyon Mackenzie King on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There were three — or four if one includes Macdonald who was contesting more than one seat. Prime Minister Arthur Meighen lost his seat in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba as well as his majority government in 1921. He subsequently won a by-election in Grenville, Ontario, and in 1926 again became PM. Calling an election that [...]
How many PMs were Senators?
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Bowell, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Canadian Senate, Gary Schlee, John Abbott, Mackenzie Bowell, R.B. Bennett on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There were three. Sir John Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell both served as Prime Minister while sitting in the Senate as that chamber’s government leader. Arthur Meighen became a Senator six years after his final term as PM. After sitting in the red chamber for a decade, he resigned so that he could again run [...]
Catholics predominant in past 30 years
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Borden, Bowell, Campbell, Chrétien, Clark, Diefenbaker, Harper, King, Laurier, Macdonald, Mackenzie, Martin, Meighen, Mulroney, Pearson, St. Laurent, Thompson, Trudeau, Tupper, Turner, tagged Alexander Mackenzie, Arthur Meighen, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Charles Tupper, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Diefenbaker, John Thompson, John Turner, Kim Campbell, Lester B. Pearson, Louis St. Laurent, Mackenzie Bowell, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, R.B. Bennett, Robert Borden, Stephen Harper, Wilfrid Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Five of the seven Prime Ministers still living are Roman Catholics. Although, historically, most Catholic leaders tended to be French Canadians, that profile began to disappear by the late 1970s. Of the five living Catholic PMs — Joe Clark, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Paul Martin — only one is French Canadian. For [...]
Job preparation is the law
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Borden, Campbell, Chrétien, Diefenbaker, Laurier, Macdonald, Martin, Meighen, Mulroney, St. Laurent, Thompson, Trudeau, Turner, tagged Arthur Meighen, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Diefenbaker, John Thompson, John Turner, Kim Campbell, Louis St. Laurent, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, R.B. Bennett, Robert Borden, Wilfrid Laurier on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Interested in being the Canadian Prime Minister? Consider becoming a lawyer. That’s the exactly the kind of job training two-thirds of the country’s leaders had prior to their shift into politics. Prime Ministers called to the bar were Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir John Abbott, Sir John Thompson, Sir WIlfrid Laurier, Sir Robert Borden, Arthur [...]
Who lived the longest after term as PM?
Posted in Clark, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Arthur Meighen died in 1960, nearly 34 years after completing his second term as Prime Minister in 1926. The only other former Prime Minister to live more than three decades after resigning is Joe Clark, who was PM 30 years ago. And his meter is still running.
Who was Canada’s youngest Prime Minister?
Posted in Campbell, Clark, Harper, Meighen, Mulroney, tagged Arthur Meighen, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, Stephen Harper on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Eight of the country’s 22 PMs were under the age of 50 when assuming office. 3rd youngest Prime Minister — Arthur Meighen, 46. PMs Kim Campbell and Stephen Harper were also 46 on assuming office. 2nd youngest Prime Minister — Brian Mulroney, 45. Youngest Prime Minister — Joe Clark, 39. He turned 40 the day [...]
King-Byng affair ends with Meighen as new PM
Posted in King, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Governor-General, William Lyon Mackenzie King on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1926 — Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King resigns after Governor-General Lord Byng refuses to dissolve Parliament. Two days ago, King decided to seek dissolution as a way to sidestep a vote on two amendements censuring the government for inaction in the Customs department. But Byng not only refused his request, he repeated his rejection [...]
Meighen first PM born in Ontario
Posted in Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1874 — Arthur Meighen is born on a farm near the crossroads of Anderson, 14 km northwest of St. Mary’s, Ontario. He is the son of Joseph Meighen and Mary Jane Bell. When he is 12, the family moves to a farm closer to St. Mary’s, where he attends high school before heading to the [...]
Meighen fails to settle Winnipeg General Strike
Posted in Borden, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Robert Borden on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1919 — Canada’s Interior minister, Arthur Meighen, arrives in Winnipeg with cabinet colleague Senator Gideon Robertson, the Labour minister, to deal with the General Strike. It has been running since the beginning of May to agitate for higher wages, and has grown to involve more than 6,000 workers from at least a dozen unions. Although [...]
