Michael Meighen practised as a litigation and commercial lawyer in Montreal and Toronto.
12 Facts About Michael Meighen
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Michael Meighen is a grandson of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada.
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Michael Meighen later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 from McGill University, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Memorial Chapter and Scarlet Key Honor Society.
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Michael Meighen is a longtime friend, advisor and fundraiser for former Progressive Conservative leader and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who appointed Michael Meighen to the Senate in 1990, representing Ontario.
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Michael Meighen served as national president of the Progressive Conservative Party from 1974 to 1977, during which time he oversaw the 1976 leadership convention that chose Joe Clark to succeed Robert Stanfield as party leader.
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Michael Meighen was vice-chair of the Senate Committee on National Defence and Security until February 2007, when the Prime Minister's Office instructed him and the chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, fellow moderate Tory Hugh Segal, to resign their positions.
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Michael Meighen resigned from the Senate on February 6,2012, shortly before his 73rd birthday.
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Today, Michael Meighen is counsel to the law firm of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, which merged with his former firm Michael Meighen Demers in 2001.
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Michael Meighen is a member of the McGill University Board of Governors and a director of the Cundill Funds, Sentry Select Capital Corp.
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In January 2007, Michael Meighen was appointed by the Canadian Government as a Commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park.
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Michael Meighen is past chair of the Stratford Festival, current chair of the T R Meighen Family Foundation and served as chancellor of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Michael Meighen was awarded two honorary doctorates, from the University of New Brunswick and from Mount Allison University.