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Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PC, prime minister of Canada 1896–1911, politician, lawyer, journalist (born 20 November 1841 in St-Lin, Canada East; died 17 February 1919 in Ottawa, ON). 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.
Laurier oversees the creation of two new provinces — Saskatchewan and Alberta. 1910. Laurier proposes the Naval Service Act. The bill is passed and Laurier creates the Royal Canadian Navy. 1919. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has a stroke and dies on February 17 at the age of seventy-seven.
Laurier traces its roots to the opening of the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Waterloo more than 100 years ago in 1911. We’ve gone through several changes since then, and in 1973 our name changed from Waterloo Lutheran University to Wilfrid Laurier University. In 1999, we opened our campus in Brantford and will welcome our first Laurier ...
Wilfrid Laurier. Holding office for 15 straight years and winning four back-to-back elections, Sir Wilfrid Laurier served a longer unbroken tenure than any other prime minister in Canadian history and is often considered the country’s second-most important leader after John A. Macdonald (1815-1891). Remembered primarily as the man who ...
Wilfrid Laurier nasceu em Saint-Lin–Laurentides, no Canadá Inferior, que corresponde à atual província do Quebec. Estudou na Universidade McGill, tendo-se graduado em 1864. No início de sua carreira política, Wilfried Laurier era um membro do partido político quebequense Les Rouge.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Source: Link. A legend in his time, Sir Wilfrid Laurier evolved as a politician over a period of 48 years, which included 15 years as prime minister and 32 years at the helm of the federal Liberal Party. He belonged to the first generation of politicians who worked in the Canada conceived by the Fathers of Confederation.
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid), lawyer, newspaperman, and politician; b. 20 Nov. 1841 in the parish of Saint-Lin (Laurentides), Lower Canada, son of Carolus Laurier and Marcelle Martineau; m. 13 May 1868 Zoé Lafontaine in Montreal; they had no children; d. 17 Feb. 1919 in Ottawa.
