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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Meighen in 1902 | |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada | |
In role June 29, 1926 – November 25, 1926 | |
Preceded by | Vacant[lower-alpha 1] |
Succeeded by | Jeanne St. Laurent (1948) |
In role July 10, 1920 – December 29, 1921 | |
Preceded by | Laura Borden |
Succeeded by | Vacant[lower-alpha 2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Jessie Isabel Cox April 18, 1882 Granby, Quebec, Canada[1] |
Died | September 6, 1985 103) (aged Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Spouse(s) | Arthur Meighen |
Children | Theodore Meighen Maxwell Meighen Lillian Meighen Wright |
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.
Notes
- The former Prime Minister was William Lyon Mackenzie King who was not married.
- The next Prime Minister was William Lyon Mackenzie King who was not married.
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