The Liberal Party continued to dominate federal politics in Quebec until 1984
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Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian prime ministers and his nearly 45 years of service in the House of Commons is a record for the House. Laurier is best known for his compromises between English and French Canada.
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culture · Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911 · politician · lawyer · journalist · essayist · writer · also Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Laurier
Born 20 November 1841 · Died 17 February 1919 · Q128664
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State Funeral Of The Late Right Honourable Sir Wilfred Laurier, Feb. 22nd 1919
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1925· 1 entry
And a monument in 1927), but to create a shrine to Laurier in the 1930s
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1919· 4 entries
Laurier's seat was Quebec East
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Died 1919-02-17.
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While still in office as leader of the Opposition
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“Whether splendidly isolated or dangerously isolated, I will not now debate; but for my part, I think splendidly isolated, because this isolation of England comes from her superiority.”
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1918· 1 entry
Focused on his efforts to rebuild and reunify the Liberal Party
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1917· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1917–1919).
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1911· 4 entries
The day before Laurier left office, by cabinet claiming that the minister of the interior was not present at the time of approval
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1911–1917).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Official Opposition (1911–1919).
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Controversy arose regarding Laurier's support of trade reciprocity with the United States
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1909· 2 entries
Laurier's government established the Department of External Affairs for Canada to take greater control of its foreign policy
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Fielding negotiated an agreement to promote trade with the British West Indies
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1908· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1908–1909).
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A system was introduced where by annuities may be purchased from the government, the aim of which was to encourage voluntary provision for old age
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1908–1911).
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1907· 2 entries
Laurier's minister of finance, William Stevens Fielding, and minister of marine and fisheries, Louis-Philippe Brodeur, negotiated a trade agreement with France which lowered import duties on some goods
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Laurier's government passed the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, which mandated conciliation for employers and workers before any strike in public utilities or mines, but did not make it necessary for the groups to
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1905· 1 entry
Through the Alberta Act and the Saskatchewan Act, Laurier oversaw Alberta and Saskatchewan's entry into Confederation, the last two provinces to be created out of the Northwest Territories
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1904· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1904–1905).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1904–1908).
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1903· 3 entries
The commission by a majority (Root, Lodge, Turner, and Alverstone) ruled to support the American government's claims
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This was further raised to $500, but when a few Chinese did pay the $500, he proposed raising the sum to $1,000
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Which included three American politicians (Elihu Root, Henry Cabot Lodge, and George Turner), two Canadians (Allen Bristol Aylesworth and Louis-Amable Jetté) and one Briton (Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England
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1902· 2 entries
When he visited the city while in the country for the coronation of King Edward VII
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Taking part in the 1902 Colonial Conference and the coronation of King Edward VII on August 9, 1902
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1900· 1 entry
Laurier raised the Chinese head tax to $100
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1899· 2 entries
Was awarded the Canada General Service Medal for his service in 1870
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The British government requested Canadian troops to serve in the Second Boer War
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1898· 2 entries
Separating the Yukon from the Northwest Territories
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Quebec was enlarged through the Quebec Boundary Extension Act
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1897· 3 entries
Laurier attended the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, which was the 60th anniversary of her accession
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Laurier's government impelemented a preferential reduction of a tariff rate of 12
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And 1898, the Alaska-Canada border emerged as a pressing issue
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1896· 4 entries
Career landmark: President of the King's Privy Council for Canada (1896–1911).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1896–1900).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1896–1896).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911).
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1893· 1 entry
Did Laurier become encouraged again
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1891· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1891–1896).
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1889· 1 entry
Career landmark: Bâtonnier d'Arthabaska (1889–1890).
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1887· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1887–1891).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (1887–1919).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Official Opposition (1887–1896).
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1886· 1 entry
Laurier told the House of Commons that it was moral for Canada to take lands from “savage nations” so long as the government paid adequate compensation
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1882· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1882–1887).
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1878· 3 entries
And for some twenty years while married to Zoé, Laurier had an "ambiguous relationship" with a married woman, Émilie Barthe
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Beginning in 1878 and for some twenty years while married to Zoé, Laurier had an "ambiguous relationship" with a married woman, Émilie Barthe.
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1878–1882).
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1870· 1 entry
And from May to June was on active service at Saint-Hyacinthe during the second Fenian Raid
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1869· 1 entry
While living in Victoriaville, Laurier was appointed an ensign in the Arthabaskaville Infantry Company
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1868· 1 entry
Wilfrid Laurier married Zoé Lafontaine in Montreal at Saint-Jacques Cathedral on May 13, 1868.
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1864· 1 entry
Laurier graduated from McGill
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1854· 1 entry
Laurier attended the Collège de L'Assomption, an institution that staunchly followed Roman Catholicism
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1841· 1 entry
Born 1841-11-20.
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