Arthur Meighen John Bracken The 1942 Progressive Conservative Party leadership election was held to choose a leader to replace Arthur Meighen for the newly named Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Meighen had led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 serving two short terms as Prime Minister of Canada.

Meighen resigned from the Senate and attempted to re-enter the House of Commons of Canada in a February 9, 1942 by-election in York South but was upset by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's Joseph Noseworthy.

On the first day of the convention, Meighen confirmed in his keynote address that he would not be a candidate for the party's leadership.

150 Conservative activists at that conference called on the party to adopt progressive policies in order to broaden its electoral appeal.