Richard M. McMeekin was a politician in the
Canadian
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province of Ontario, who served in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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in 1937. He represented the electoral district of
Sault Ste. Marie as a member of the
Ontario Liberal Party
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.
McMeekin won the seat in the
1937 election. However, after just two weeks in office, he resigned to open a seat for former federal MP
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to enter provincial politics in a
by-election
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, after Campbell was defeated in the district of Frontenac-Addington on election day. Prior to his election to the legislature, McMeekin served two years as mayor of
Sault Ste. Marie.
Former Mayors
City of Sault Ste. Marie.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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