Wilfrid Laurier Quotes
Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always.
This is pne of the most famous quotations in all of Canadian Politics.
Wilfrid Laurier, 1841-1919, First French Canadian Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal), Speech, Massey Hall, Toronto, October 14, 1904
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McGee was one of the first visionaries of a pluralistic Canada. his advocacy of multi-ethnic unity and multiculturalism which brought him assassination at his home in Ottawa by a fellow Irishman.
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1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
The second child of Carolus Laurier and Marcelle Martineau, Wilfrid Laurier was born in Saint-Lin, Canada East (modern day Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec), on 20 November 1841. Laurier was among the seventh generation of his family in Canada. He was a sixth-generation Canadian. His ancestor François Cottineau, dit Champlaurier, came to Canada from Saint-Claud, France. He grew up in a family where politics was a staple of talk and debate. His father, an educated man having liberal ideas, enjoyed a certain degree of prestige about town. In addition to being a farmer and surveyor, he also occupied such sought-after positions as mayor, justice of the peace, militia lieutenant and school board member. At the age of 11, Wilfrid left home to study in New Glasgow, a neighbouring village largely inhabited by immigrants from Scotland. Over the next two years, he familiarized himself with the mentality, language and culture of British people. Laurier attended the Collège de L'Assomption and graduated in law from McGill University in 1864.
