Michael A. Meighen
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The Honourable Michael Meighen CM, QC |
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| 19th Chancellor of McGill University | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Senator for St. Marys, Ontario | |
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In office September 27, 1990 – February 6, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Brian Mulroney |
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Michael Arthur Meighen March 25, 1939 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Profession | lawyer |
Michael Arthur Meighen, CM, QC (born March 25, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, cultural patron and former senator. A litigation and commercial lawyer who has practised in Montreal and Toronto, he is a member of the Bars of both Ontario and Quebec. He is a grandson of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada.
Meighen is the son of lawyer and philanthropist Theodore Meighen and philanthropist Peggy deLancey Robinson, and the grandson of former Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen. Following his father's death, his mother was married to Senator Hartland Molson from 1990 until her death in 2001.
Meighen was educated at Selwyn House School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 from McGill University, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Memorial Chapter and Scarlet Key Honor Society. In addition, he also holds two honorary doctorates, from the University of New Brunswick and from Mount Allison University.
Meighen is a longtime friend, advisor and fundraiser for former Progressive Conservative leader and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who appointed Meighen to the Senate in 1990, representing Ontario. Both he and Mulroney are lawyers at the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP. They also attended law school together at Université Laval in Quebec City, along with other prominent Canadian political leaders such as Lucien Bouchard.
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