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Who defeated Arthur Meighen in the 1921 election?

  • Mackenzie King

  • Robert Borden

  • R.B. Bennett

  • John Diefenbaker

Answer

Mackenzie King, the leader of the Liberal Party, defeated Arthur Meighen, the incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, in the 1921 Canadian federal election. King's victory marked the end of Meighen's brief tenure as Prime Minister and the beginning of King's long and influential career as Canada's Prime Minister.
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