Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier ( ; ; 20 November 1841 – 17 February 1919) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911. Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen.
Laurier's portrait has been displayed on the Canadian five-dollar note since 1972. ==Early life== The second child of Carolus Laurier and Marcelle Martineau, Wilfrid Laurier was born in Saint-Lin, Canada East (modern day Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec), on 20 November 1841.
Laurier attended the Collège de L'Assomption and graduated in law from McGill University in 1864. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from Drummond-Arthabaska in the 1871 Quebec general election, but resigned on 19 January 1874, to enter federal politics in the riding of Quebec East.
His protege and successor as party leader William Lyon Mackenzie King led the Liberals to a landslide victory over the Conservatives in the 1921 election. ==Personal life and death== Wilfrid Laurier married Zoé Lafontaine in Montreal on 13 May 1868.
The Manitoba legislature had passed a law eliminating public funding for Catholic schooling (thereby going against the federal constitutional Manitoba Act, 1870, which guaranteed Catholic and Protestant religious education rights).
Laurier attended the Collège de L'Assomption and graduated in law from McGill University in 1864. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from Drummond-Arthabaska in the 1871 Quebec general election, but resigned on 19 January 1874, to enter federal politics in the riding of Quebec East.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier: the weakling who stood his ground (2006) ; for children Waite, Peter Busby, Canada, 1874–1896: Arduous Destiny (1971), standard history ==External links== Wilfrid Laurier fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Wilfrid Laurier on the platform; collection of the principal speeches made in Parliament or before the people, since his entry into active politics in 1871; by Wilfrid Laurier at archive.org Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier vol 1.
Laurier attended the Collège de L'Assomption and graduated in law from McGill University in 1864. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from Drummond-Arthabaska in the 1871 Quebec general election, but resigned on 19 January 1874, to enter federal politics in the riding of Quebec East.
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1874 election, serving briefly in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie as Minister of Inland Revenue. ==Leadership== Chosen as leader of the federal Liberal Party in 1887, he gradually built up his party's strength through his personal following both in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier: the weakling who stood his ground (2006) ; for children Waite, Peter Busby, Canada, 1874–1896: Arduous Destiny (1971), standard history ==External links== Wilfrid Laurier fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Wilfrid Laurier on the platform; collection of the principal speeches made in Parliament or before the people, since his entry into active politics in 1871; by Wilfrid Laurier at archive.org Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier vol 1.
The couple had no children. Beginning in 1878 and for some twenty years while married to Zoé, Laurier had an "ambiguous relationship" with a married woman, Émilie Barthe.
"Political Patronage under Macdonald and Laurier 1878–1911." American Review of Canadian Studies 10#1 (1980): 3–26. Stewart, Heather Grace.
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1874 election, serving briefly in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie as Minister of Inland Revenue. ==Leadership== Chosen as leader of the federal Liberal Party in 1887, he gradually built up his party's strength through his personal following both in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada.
at archive.org Photograph: Wilfrid Laurier, 1890 – McCord Museum Photograph: Sir Wilfrid Laurier, c.
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier ( ; ; 20 November 1841 – 17 February 1919) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911. Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen.
A list of his Ministers is available at the Parliamentary website, and is known as the 8th Canadian Ministry. One of Laurier's first acts as Prime Minister was to implement a solution to the Manitoba Schools Question, which had helped to bring down the Conservative government of Charles Tupper earlier in 1896.
The couple lived at Arthabaskaville until they moved to Ottawa in 1896.
Retrieved 6 November 2015, online Brown, Craig, and Ramsay Cook, Canada: 1896–1921 A Nation Transformed (1983), standard history Cook, Ramsay.
This followed the enactment of the Yukon Territory Act by the Laurier Government in 1898, separating the Yukon from the Northwest Territories. Laurier presided over the Quebec Bridge disaster, in which 75 workers were killed, on 29 August 1907. On 29 July 1910, while in Saskatoon to attend the opening of the University of Saskatchewan, he bought a newspaper from a young John Diefenbaker, a future Conservative Prime Minister.
Laurier called his effort to lessen the tinder in this issue "sunny ways" (link=no|voies ensoleillées). In 1899, the United Kingdom expected military support from Canada, as part of the British Empire, in the Second Boer War.
Laurier eventually decided to send a volunteer force, rather than the militia expected by Britain, but Bourassa continued to oppose any form of military involvement. Laurier visited the United Kingdom in 1902, and took part in the 1902 Colonial Conference and the coronation of King Edward VII on 9 August 1902.
While in Europe, he also visited France to negotiate on trade with the French government. In 1905, Laurier oversaw Saskatchewan and Alberta's entry into Confederation, the last two provinces to be created out of the Northwest Territories.
This followed the enactment of the Yukon Territory Act by the Laurier Government in 1898, separating the Yukon from the Northwest Territories. Laurier presided over the Quebec Bridge disaster, in which 75 workers were killed, on 29 August 1907. On 29 July 1910, while in Saskatoon to attend the opening of the University of Saskatchewan, he bought a newspaper from a young John Diefenbaker, a future Conservative Prime Minister.
This followed the enactment of the Yukon Territory Act by the Laurier Government in 1898, separating the Yukon from the Northwest Territories. Laurier presided over the Quebec Bridge disaster, in which 75 workers were killed, on 29 August 1907. On 29 July 1910, while in Saskatoon to attend the opening of the University of Saskatchewan, he bought a newspaper from a young John Diefenbaker, a future Conservative Prime Minister.
The British supporters wished to send as much as possible, whereas those against wished to send nothing. Aiming for compromise, Laurier advanced the Naval Service Act of 1910 which created the Naval Service of Canada.
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier ( ; ; 20 November 1841 – 17 February 1919) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911. Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen.
I must get back to work." In August 1911, Wilfrid Laurier approved the order-in-council P.C.
1911-1324 recommended by Minister of the Interior, Frank Oliver and approved by the cabinet on 12 August 1911.
The order was canceled on 5 October 1911, the day before Laurier completed his term, by cabinet claiming that the Minister of the Interior was not present at the time of approval. ===Naval Bill=== The naval competition between the United Kingdom and the German Empire escalated in the early years of the 20th century.
The idea was lauded at the 1911 Imperial Conference in London, but it proved unpopular across the political spectrum in Canada, especially in Quebec as ex-Liberal Henri Bourassa organized an anti-Laurier force. ===Reciprocity and defeat=== In 1911, another controversy arose regarding Laurier's support of trade reciprocity with the United States.
Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics (1922) online Dutil, Patrice, and David MacKenzie, Canada, 1911: The Decisive Election that Shaped the Country (2011) Granatstein, J.L.
The Crisis of Quebec, 1914–1918 (1937) Avery, Donald, and Peter Neary.
He was an influential opponent of conscription, which led to the Conscription Crisis of 1917 and the formation of a Union government, which Laurier refused to join for fear of having Quebec fall in the hands of nationalist Henri Bourassa.
However, many Liberals, particularly in English Canada, joined Borden as Liberal-Unionists and the "Laurier Liberals" were reduced to a mostly French-Canadian rump as a result of the 1917 election. However, Laurier's last policies and efforts had not been in vain.
As a result of Laurier's opposition of conscription in 1917, Quebec and its French-Canadian voters voted overwhelmingly to support the Liberal party starting in 1917.
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier ( ; ; 20 November 1841 – 17 February 1919) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada, in office from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911. Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen.
Rumour had it he fathered a son, Armand Lavergne, with her, yet Zoé remained with him until his death. Laurier died of a stroke on 17 February 1919, while still in office as Leader of the Opposition.
His protege and successor as party leader William Lyon Mackenzie King led the Liberals to a landslide victory over the Conservatives in the 1921 election. ==Personal life and death== Wilfrid Laurier married Zoé Lafontaine in Montreal on 13 May 1868.
His wife, Zoé Laurier, died on 1 November 1921 and was placed in the same tomb. ==National Historic Sites== Laurier is commemorated by three National Historic Sites. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site is in his birthplace, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, a town north of Montreal, Quebec.
Its establishment reflected an early desire to not only mark his birthplace (a plaque in 1925 and a monument in 1927), but to create a shrine to Laurier in the 1930s.
Its establishment reflected an early desire to not only mark his birthplace (a plaque in 1925 and a monument in 1927), but to create a shrine to Laurier in the 1930s.
Its establishment reflected an early desire to not only mark his birthplace (a plaque in 1925 and a monument in 1927), but to create a shrine to Laurier in the 1930s.
The Canadian Historical Association/La Société historique du Canada, 1955.
Despite one notable exception in 1958, the Liberal party continued to dominate federal politics in Quebec until 1984.
Laurier's portrait has been displayed on the Canadian five-dollar note since 1972. ==Early life== The second child of Carolus Laurier and Marcelle Martineau, Wilfrid Laurier was born in Saint-Lin, Canada East (modern day Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec), on 20 November 1841.
Despite one notable exception in 1958, the Liberal party continued to dominate federal politics in Quebec until 1984.
14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–.
A 2011 Maclean's historical ranking of the Prime Ministers placed Laurier first. Canada's first francophone prime minister, Laurier holds a number of records.
Retrieved 6 November 2015, online Brown, Craig, and Ramsay Cook, Canada: 1896–1921 A Nation Transformed (1983), standard history Cook, Ramsay.
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