Word: laurier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Probably the greatest Prime Minister in our history was Sir Wilfrid Laurier, than whom no finer example of British-French-Canadianism is extant...
...Canadian Prime Ministers since 1867 only French Canadian was Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1896 to 1911). British to the core, he spoke French with an English accent, English with a French accent...
That afternoon the Royal pair stole away for a stroll in the fields outside Ottawa, encountered a small boy who doffed his cap and ran away when the Queen introduced him to his King. That night they went to another State dinner, at Château Laurier...
...Mont Laurier, Quebec. Lumberman Henri Chagnon became so annoyed when a fractured leg failed to heal that he stumped in on crutches to see his physician. Dr. Gustave Roy. Said Henri Chagnon drawing an ancient revolver: "Make your act of contrition. I am going to kill you." He pulled the trigger, his gun failed to go off, he went to jail...
...Wilfred Laurier, "Canada's Gladstone," the native son and first French-Canadian Premier who for 15 years governed Canada uninterruptedly under Queen Victoria, King Edward and King George...