Sir Wilfrid Laurier

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Born 1841, Died 1919

Born

• November 20, 1841, St. Lin, Canada East

Education

• McGill University, B.C.L. 1864

Personal Life

• Married 1868, Zoé Lafontaine (1841 - 1921)

Occupations

• Lawyer (called to the bar of Canada East in 1864)
• 1866 - 1867 Editor of Le Défricheur
• 1869 - 1878 Ensign, Arthabaskaville Infantry
• 1871 - 1874 MLA Quebec

Political Party

• Liberal
• 1887 - 1919 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1874 - 1877 Drummond-Arthabaska, Quebec
• 1877 - 1919 Quebec East, Quebec

Other Ministries

• 1877 - 1878 Inland Revenue
• 1896 - 1911 President of the Privy Council

Political Record

• Leader of the Opposition 1887 - 1896
• Adoption of the regulations on the Manitoba Schools Question 1896
• Creation of Yukon Territory 1898
• Canadian participation in the South African War 1899 - 1902
• Alaska Boundary Dispute 1903
• Construction of a second transcontinental railway 1903
• Creation of provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta 1905
• Formation of Departments of Labour 1900 and External Affairs 1909
• Naval Service Bill 1910
• Leader of the Opposition 1911 - 1919

Died

• February 17, 1919, Ottawa, Ontario
• Grave site: Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.