Background
Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
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Maxwell Meighen
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He graduated from the Royal Military College and the University of Toronto.
Career
He served in World World War II with the Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in Europe and retired with the rank of Colonel. He then took over the investment companies founded by his father. In 1961, as chairman and director of Canadian General Investments Limited., he entered the consortium of financiers, headed by Bud McDougald, that owned the Argus Corporation.
Meighen resigned from Argus in 1978 when it was taken over by Conrad Black, Montegu Black and Hal Jackman.
He later became chairman and director of Canadian General Investments. Meighen died in Toronto in 1992.
Membership
As an Argus director, he was also a member of the boards of some of the largest Canadian companies, including Domtar, Massey-Ferguson, Dominion Stores and Hollinger Mines.
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Canada