Arthur Meighen was an excellent debater, skilled in analysis and knowledge of parliamentary rules, but his uncompromising stands on issues tended to alienate people. Meighen's most memorable accomplishments were achieved as a cabinet minister in the government of Sir Robert Borden, rather than as Prime Minister of Canada, and the legacy of some of those unpopular moves did not help him as Prime Minister.
As a cabinet minister Arthur Meighen introduced the strategy of closure to force the Naval Bill through the House of Commons in 1912 created 1914 Conscription Act and the Wartime Elections Act, which were detested in Quebec as acting Minister of Justice, Arthur Meighen was involved in suppressing the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, which alienated a large part of the labour movement responsible for creation of Canadian National Railways
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