biography
| name: |
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid
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pronunciation:
[loryay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1841–1919)
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| biography:
| Canadian statesman and prime minister (1896–1911), born in St Lin, Quebec, SE Canada. He became a lawyer, a journalist, and a member of the Quebec Legislative Assembly. He entered federal politics in 1874, and became minister of inland revenue (1877), leader of the Liberal Party (1887–1919), and the first French-Canadian to be prime minister of Canada (1896). A firm supporter of self-government for Canada, in his home policy he was an advocate of compromise and free trade with the USA. |
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