| Arthur Kenneth Meen | |
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| Member of Provincial Parliament for York East | |
| In office 1967–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Hollis Edward Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Robert Goldwin Elgie |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Arthur Kenneth Meen is a lawyer, jurist and former politician in the province on Ontario. He was the Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for York East and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario caucus from 1967 to 1977. Meen served as Minister of Revenue in the government of Bill Davis from 1974 until February 1977 and then as Minister of Correctional Services from February until June 1977 when he left politics to return to private practice.[1]
In 1980, Meen was appointed a provincial court judge by Attorney General Roy McMurtry.[2] In 1985, he was criticized in the Ontario Legislative Assembly by Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Evelyn Gigantes for describing abortion as "murder" during a trial of several anti-abortion protesters.[3]