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Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC (/ ˈ l ɒr i eɪ / LORR-ee-ay; French: [wilfʁid loʁje]; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911.
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Wilfrid Laurier, the first French Canadian prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1896–1911). He was noted especially for his attempts to define the role of French Canada in the federal state and to clarify Canada’s relations with the United Kingdom. He was knighted in 1897.
Jul 18, 2012 · Sir Wilfrid Laurier was the dominant political figure of his era. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1887 to 1919 and Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. A skilful and pragmatic politician with a charismatic personality, he unceasingly sought compromise.
Learn about the life and legacy of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who served as Canada's longest-serving prime minister from 1896 to 1911. Explore his achievements and controversies in Western expansion, Indigenous policy, immigration, and imperialism.
Jul 13, 2017 · As the country’s first francophone prime minister, Wilfrid Laurier worked tirelessly to strengthen and unify the fledgling country and build bridges between its French and English citizens — in spite of the ill will this often brought from his fellow Québécois.
Jul 13, 2017 · Canada Always: The Defining Speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. On 1 September 1905, Wilfrid Laurier spoke before an audience of some 10,000 people in Edmonton, the newly minted capital of Alberta, which had just joined Conf...
