Robert Greenshields Meikle (ca 1830 – after 1887) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Argenteuil

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal.

He was born in Lachute, Lower Canada

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, the son of John Meikle, originally a manufacturer in Glasgow, and Jean Greenshields. In 1830, he became co-owner of the general store established by his father at Lachute. Meikle was a justice of the peace

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and also served in the Commissioners' Court. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1887.