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Essay Archive - Sir Wilfrid Laurier of Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier of Canada
Laurier gained great achievement over his political years because he
represented Canada as a whole. His family first came to Canada dating back
to the time of New France and the early Montreal years.
Laurier's father, a government surveyor and a genial, settled down in
Canada and got married to Marcelle Martineau. Wildfrid was their first
child who was born on November 20, 1841. Seven years later a tragedy struck
the Laurier family when Wildfrid's mother died.
Since his mother died when Wildfrid was only seven, his father wanted....
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