predecessor successor party office term_start residence article_title term_end name
augustus roberts colin campbell liberal mpp for sault ste. marie october 6 sault ste. marie , ontario richard mcmeekin
 october 20 , 1937 richard mcmeekin
richard mcmeekin

richard mcmeekin was a politician in the canadian province of ontario , who served in the legislative assembly of ontario in 1937 .
he represented the electoral district of sault ste. marie as a member of the ontario liberal party .
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 colin campbell to enter provincial politics in a by-election , 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 .
