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7th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in this capacity from July 1896 to October 1911 as a Liberal from Quebec. The first French-Canadian prime minister, he served during a period of great immigration into Canada, especially the west.
The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Born on November 20, 1841, Saint-Lin (Quebec) Died on February 17, 1919, Ottawa (Ontario) Buried at Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa (Ontario) © Heritage Recording Services. Address of cemetery: 455 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON.
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site is in his birthplace, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, a town 60 km (37 mi) north of Montreal, Quebec. Its establishment reflected an early desire to not only mark his birthplace (a plaque in 1925 and a monument in 1927), but to create a shrine to Laurier in the 1930s.
Feb 22, 2021 · The funeral procession left the Victoria Museum for the Basilica at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 22, via Metcalfe Street, Wellington Street and Major's Hill Park. Despite strong...
Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier was in the middle of a reelection campaign, making the requisite stop in British Columbia. Upon arriving in Kamloops on Aug. 25, Laurier was approached by a cross-cultural delegation composed of chiefs from the Secwépemc, Nlaka'pamux, and Syilx Nations, as well as a Scottish ethnologist named.
7th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in this capacity from July 1896 to October 1911 as a Liberal from Quebec. The first French-Canadian prime minister, he served during a period of great immigration into Canada, especially the west. His 15 years in office stands as the longest unbroken tenure as PM and holds the...
Jul 1, 2024 · Husband of Zoé Lafontaine (Robert) Laurier — married 13 May 1868 in Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du Monde, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Died 17 Feb 1919 at age 77 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.
