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
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
In role
June 29, 1926  November 25, 1926
Preceded byVacant,a
title last held by herself
Succeeded byVacant,
title next held by Jeanne St. Laurent
In role
July 10, 1920  December 29, 1921
Preceded byLaura Borden
Succeeded byVacant,a
title next held by herself
Personal details
Born
Jessie Isabel Cox

(1882-04-18)April 18, 1882
Granby, Quebec, Canada[1]
DiedSeptember 6, 1985(1985-09-06) (aged 103)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Spouse(s)Arthur Meighen
ChildrenTheodore 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:

  1. Theodore Roosevelt Meighen (1905–1979), whose son Michael Meighen is a Canadian former senator, lawyer and cultural patron
  2. Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen (1908–1992)
  3. 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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