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.
Isabel Meighen | |
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| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada | |
| In role June 29, 1926 – November 25, 1926 | |
| Preceded by | Vacant,a title last held by herself |
| Succeeded by | Vacant, title next held by Jeanne St. Laurent |
| In role July 10, 1920 – December 29, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Borden |
| Succeeded by | Vacant,a title next held by herself |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jessie Isabel Cox April 18, 1882 Granby, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Died | September 6, 1985 (aged 103) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Meighen |
| Children | Theodore Meighen Maxwell Meighen Lillian Meighen Wright |
| a. ^ The Prime Minister from December 29, 1921 to June 29, 1926 was William Lyon Mackenzie King. | |
She was born in Granby, Quebec. She married Arthur Meighen in 1904, and they had two sons and one daughter:
- Theodore Roosevelt Meighen (1905–1979), whose son Michael Meighen is a Canadian former senator, lawyer and cultural patron
- Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen (1908–1992)
- Lillian Meighen Wright (1910–1993)
Meighen died at the age of 103 and was interred next to her husband in the St. Marys Cemetery in the town of St. Marys, Ontario.
See also
- Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada
References
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