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Reflections: Meighen and King’s 1926 Perth County push

The two party leaders both arrived in Perth County on the same day during the 1926 federal election campaign

In September 1926, the race was on to win a federal election and Perth County voters found themselves courted by visits from the two leading candidates for prime minister on the same day! Conservative Party leader Arthur Meighen and Liberal Party leader William Lyon Mackenzie King were both keen to drum up support for local candidates from the crowds that turned out to see them.

Meighen definitely had some home-ice advantage. He was born near Anderson, just outside St. Marys, in 1874. He spent his formative years in the area and attended St. Marys Collegiate before moving to the University of Toronto, where he studied mathematics and graduated with honours in 1896. He then became a lawyer and got involved in federal politics. He served as prime minister twice: from July 10, 1920, to Dec. 29, 1921, and from June 29 to Sept. 25, 1926.

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As can be seen in the advertisement from the Mitchell Advocate reproduced here and the Stratford Beacon-Herald article quoted below, both Meighen’s........

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