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Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier. Early Life. Born 1841, Saint Lin Quebec English Schooling, New Glasgow Nova Scotia Law Degree, McGill University Member of Parti Rouge. Provincial Politics. Ran for MLA in Quebec in 1871 Plenty of opposition from clergy “Le ciel est bleu, et l’enfer est rouge!”

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Wilfrid Laurier

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  1. Wilfrid Laurier

  2. Early Life • Born 1841, Saint Lin Quebec • English Schooling, New Glasgow Nova Scotia • Law Degree, McGill University • Member of Parti Rouge

  3. Provincial Politics • Ran for MLA in Quebec in 1871 • Plenty of opposition from clergy • “Le ciel est bleu, et l’enfer est rouge!” • Only liberal candidate elected • Argued against dual representation

  4. Federal Politics • 1874 Elected as Liberal MP • Argued the oppression of the Métis • “Had I been born on the banks of the Saskatchewan, I myself would have shouldered a musket to fight against the neglect of governments and the shameless greed of land speculators” • 1877 became minister of inland revenue • 1878 Liberals lose election • 1885 Riel is hanged • 1887 Becomes leader of liberal party • 1896 Becomes 7th Canadian Prime Minister

  5. Manitoba Schools Act • Attack on French and Catholic • 1892 Law ruled valid • 1895 Federal government granted right to fund denominational schools • Conservatives Divided • Laurier negotiates with Greenway

  6. Boer War • French-English Controversy • Volunteers Sent (7000) • Trained in Canada • Under British Control

  7. Alaskan Boundary Dispute • Confusion over Anglo-Russian treaty • Hay-Herbert Treaty • Britain sides with United States • Anti-British Feeling

  8. Other Issues • 1903 Second Railway Built • 1905 SK and AB join Confederation • Navy Bill • Department of External Affairs • Tariffs

  9. Fall From Power • Reciprocity • Sell out to the US • Canada the next US state • Liberal Unionists • Official Opposition • Died 1919

  10. Bibliography • Stewart, Heather Grace. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Toronto: Jackfruit Press Ltd.,2006 • Sir Wilfrid Laurier (2010) http://wilfredlaurier.netfirms.com • Wilfrid Laurier (Jan. 8 2010) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier • Alaska Boundary Dispute (Dec. 29 2009) • Milner, John M. The Boer War – Canada’s First “Foreign War" . (2010) http://www.victoria-park.com/statue.htm • The Manitoba School Questions: 1890 to 1897. (2010) http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/themes/msq

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