Sir Wilfred Laurier

Sir Wilfred Laurier (1841-1919) was Premier of Canada (1896-1911), and the firstFrench-Canadian to attain that honour, born in St. Lin. He was bred for the bar, soon rose to the top of his profession. Elected in 1871 as a Liberal to the Quebec Provincial Assembly, where he came at once to the front, and elected in 1874 to the Federa Assembly, he became distinguished as "the silver-tongued Laurier," and as the Liberal leader. His personality is as winning as his eloquence, and he stood first among all the Colonial representatives at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

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