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| | Wilfrid Laurier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Distinguished by his debonair charm and intellect, Laurier was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1874 election, serving briefly in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie as Minister of Inland Revenue. | | | Laurier appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of Canada: | | | Once elected, Laurier proposed a compromise stating that French-speaking Catholics in Manitoba could have a Catholic education if there were enough students to warrant it, on a school-by-school basis. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Search View - Wilfrid Laurier |
| | Laurier led a vigorous campaign against Macdonald in the election of 1891. | | | Laurier's mother, Marcelle Martineau Laurier, died when he was four, and he was raised by his stepmother. | | | Laurier resigned and was succeeded by Robert Borden. |
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| | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
| | Laurier had to intervene in order to clarify both the position of his party and his definition of the nation that was to be built. | | | Laurier was recognized as the undisputed, indeed indisputable, leader of all the country’s Liberals. | | | Laurier’s major speeches and particulars of the incidents and circumstances that marked his political life can be found in the Debates and Journals of the Quebec Legislative Assembly, the Debates of the House of Commons and Senate, the Canadian census returns, and the electoral returns for the Quebec Legislative Assembly and the House of Commons. |
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| | CNEWS Politics |
| | First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1871, Laurier resigned in Jan. 1874 and later that year was elected to the House of Commons. | | | Immigration increased during his time in office as Clifford Sifton, Laurier's minister of the interior from 1896-1905, mounted a powerful campaign to attract immigrants from Britain, the United States and Europe. | | | Then, following the 1896 election that gave his party a 23-seat majority, Laurier became Canada's first French-speaking prime minister on July 11, 1896. |
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| | Wilfrid Laurier |
| | In 1896 Laurier became Canada's prime minister, the first French Canadian and the first Roman Catholic, to hold this office. | | | He became a lawyer and in 1874 was elected to the Ottawa parliament. | | | His good relationship with the British government was reinforced by his decision to send Canadian troops to help Britain during the Boer War. |
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| | Wilfrid Laurier University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Waterloo Lutheran University became a public institution, Wilfrid Laurier University, on November 1, 1973, named after The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's seventh prime minister. | | | It is also home to the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy (LISPOP). | | | Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) is a public university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. |
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| | Selections from Sir Wilfrid Laurier at conservativeforum.org |
| | Laurier was a lawyer, an ensign in the militia, and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. | | | Though leader of the Liberal Party, he held views that are called "neo-conservative" today. | | | This year it is drier than ever and the few bones that are in it rattle together with an ominous sound. |
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| | Wilfrid Laurier -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Wilfrid Laurier was born in St-Lin, Quebec, and studied law at McGill… | | | This and his picturesque personality made him popular throughout Canada, and he led the young country in a 15-year period of great development. | | | The first French Canadian to become prime minister of Canada was Wilfrid Laurier. |
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| | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| | Search committee for the dean of graduate studies | | | Laurier Brantford Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 phone: (519) 884-1970 | | | Laurier best in country with 24-23 win over Saskatchewan Huskies |
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| | Laurier, Sir Wilfrid on Encyclopedia.com |
| | As leader of the Liberal opposition during World War I, he supported Great Britain, but opposed conscription and refused to form a coalition with the Conservative government of Canada in 1917. | | | The Government Of Canada Commemorates Former Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier | | | (Wilfrid) Laurier was right: the 20th century belongs to Canada. |
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| | Golden Hawk Athletics - Varsity Teams |
| | Hamilton, ON - The Laurier Cheerleading teams recently competed at the Canadian University Cheerleading Nationals in Hamilton. | | | For the first time in the school’s history, Laurier entered two teams in the competition. | | | WATERLOO - The Laurier Cheerleading team participated in the 25th Annual Terry Fox run on September 18, 2005, raising over $1,200 for cancer research. |
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| | Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board |
| | Strategic Goals of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board adopted by the Council of Commissioners on June 25, 2003 more>> | | | The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board´s mission is to provide a stimulating learning environment, develop accessible educational services and enable our students of all ages to become responsible, independent citizens in their community, and beyond. | | | A school board map is available free of charge upon request. |
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| | Golden Hawk Athletics - Varsity Teams |
| | The three Golden Hawks are the first to be recognized by the league in the five year existence of... | | | Going into the weekend the 2005 Wilfrid Laurier Men’s Baseball team sat with a record of 7-3 and a tie for first place in the OUA. | | | Laurier split with Brock on Friday and swept the visiting University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday... |
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| | Pyear, a fifth-year physical education student from Belleville, Ont. captures the offensive honor following an MVP performance in the national final. | | | Over 16,000 people were in attendance at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton and more watched on TSN and listened on 570 News as Wilfrid Laurier did what no Ontario has done in the last 10 years — win a national championship. | | | After receiving three honours on the defensive team on Monday, another three Wilfrid Laurier athletes are being named amongst the best in the country. |
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| | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| | Wilfrid Laurier University Press announces the release of Incorrigible, the story of Velma Demerson who, in 1939 at the age of eighteen, was incarcerated for falling in love with a Chinese man. Her pregnancy and subsequent birth of a mixed-race child compounded her crime. | | | Sentenced to a home for wayward girls, Demerson was then transferred to Toronto's Mercer Reformatory for Females where she was locked in a cell for twelve hours a day and required to work in the on-site laundry and factory. | | | The Study of Religion in Canada Series (SREC) |
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| | Sir Wilfrid Laurier C. I. |
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