{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Daniel Bishop Meigs | honorific_suffix = | image = Daniel Bishop Meigs.jpg | image_size = | constituency_MP = Missisquoi | parliament = Canadian | predecessor = George Clayes | successor = George Barnard Baker | term_start = 1888 | term_end = 1891 | predecessor2 = George Barnard Baker | successor2 = William Frederic Kay | term_start2 = 1896 | term_end2 = 1911 | birth_date = {{birth date|1835|06|01}} | birth_place = Henryville, Lower Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1916|07|06|1835|06|01}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''Daniel Bishop Meigs''' (June 1, 1835 – July 6, 1916) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Henryville, Lower Canada, his parents were both native of Swanton, Vermont, who moved in Canada in 1832. Meigs was educated in Bedford and was a farmer. He was mayor of Farnham, Quebec for several years. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Quebec electoral district of Missisquoi in an 1888 by-election held after the death of the sitting MP, George Clayes. He was defeated in the 1891 election but was elected in 1896 election. A Liberal, he was re-elected again in the 1900, 1904, and 1908 elections. He did not stand for re-election in 1911.
==References== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16862}} * [https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904]
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