Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Born 20 November 1841, St. Lin, Canada East Education McGill University, B.C.L. 1864 Personal Status Married 1868, Zoe Lafontaine (1841-1921) Professional Life Lawyer (called to the Bar Canada East in 1864) 1866-1867 Editor of Le Defricheur 1869-1878 Ensign, Arthabaskaville Infantry 1871-1874 MLA Quebec Died 17 February 1919, Ottawa, Ontario Buried Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario Party Liberal 1887-1919 Party Leader Constituencies 1874-1877 Drummond-Arthabaska, Quebec 1877-1919 Quebec East, Quebec Other Ministries 1877-1878 Inland Revenue 1896-1911 President of the Privy Council Political …

…issue in the 1917 election, and several Liberals formed a union government with the Conservatives for the duration of the war. Laurier died on February 17,1919, having served for forty-five years in the House of Commons. At his funeral, 50,000 people lined the streets of Ottawa, while hundreds of dignitaries and officials from all over the country followed the funeral procession. This solemn occasion was one of the first public events in Canada to be recorded on film.