Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
PC,
GCMG,
KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier (
November 20,
1841 –
February 17,
1919) was the seventh
Prime Minister of Canada from
July 11,
1896, to
October 5,
1911.Canada's first
francophone prime minister, Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest
statesmen. He is well known for his
policies of
conciliation, expanding Confederation, and compromise between
French and
English Canada. His vision for Canada was a land of individual liberty and decentralised federalism. He also argued for an English-French partnership in Canada. "I have had before me as a pillar of
fire," he said, "a policy of true Canadianism, of
moderation, of
reconciliation." And he passionately defended individual liberty, "Canada is free and freedom is its nationality," and "Nothing will prevent me from continuing my task of preserving at all cost our civil liberty." Laurier was also well regarded for his efforts to establish Canada as an autonomous country within the
British Empire. His efforts were continued by his successor as Prime Minister,
Robert Borden.
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