Isabel Meighen, née Jessie Isabel Cox (April 18, 1882 – September 6, 1985) was the wife of Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen

Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...

, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...

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She was born in Granby

Granby, Quebec

Granby is a city in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 47,637. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the fifth most populated city in Montérégie after Longueuil, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Brossard and...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. She married Arthur Meighen in 1904, and they had two sons and one daughter:

1. Theodore Roosevelt Meighen
   Theodore Meighen
   Theodore Roosevelt Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Cox.-Education:...
   
    (1905 - 1979), whose son Michael Meighen
   Michael Meighen
   Michael Arthur Meighen, QC is a Canadian senator, lawyer and cultural patron. A litigation and commercial lawyer who has practiced in Montreal and Toronto, he is a member of the Bars of both Ontario and Quebec....
   
    is a Canadian senator, lawyer and cultural patron.
2. Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen
   Maxwell Meighen
   Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen was a Canadian financier, and the son of late Canadian Prime Minister Arthur Meighen....
   
    (1908 - 1992)
3. Lillian Meighen Wright (1910 - 1993)

Meighen died at the age of 102, and was interred next to her husband in the St. Marys Cemetery in the town of St. Marys

St. Marys, Ontario

St. Marys is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Thames River southwest of Stratford in Perth County, and surrounded by the Township of Perth South. The town is also known by its nickname, "The Stone Town", due to the abundance of limestone in the surrounding area, giving...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

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See also

• Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada
  Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada
  The spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada is the wife or husband of the Prime Minister of Canada. To date, 18 women have been the wife of the Prime Minister of Canada; Kim Campbell, Canada's only female prime minister to date, was unmarried during her time in office...
  
  

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