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Wilfrid Laurier was born at St Lin, Quebec, on November 20, 1841. His ancestral roots were sunk deep in Canadian soil. For six generations Quebec had been the home of Laurier after Laurier. His kinsmen traced their origin to Anjou, a province that ever bred shrewd and thrifty men. The family name was originally Cottineau. In a marriage covenant entered into at Montreal in 1666 the first representative of the family in Canada is styled 'Francois Cottineau dit Champlauriet.' Evidently some ancestral field or garden of lauriers or oleanders gave the descriptive title which in time, as was common, became the sole family name. The Lauriers. | Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Oscar D. Skelton 1 Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Oscar D. Skelton Project Gutenberg s The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Oscar D. Skelton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Author Oscar D. Skelton Release Date January 21 2010 EBook 31041 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DAY OF SIR WILFRID LAURIER Produced by Al Haines Frontispiece SIR WILFRID LAURIER IN ACTION After an instantaneous photograph taken during an address in the open air at Sorel 1911 THE DAY OF SIR WILFRID LAURIER Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Oscar D. Skelton A Chronicle of Our Own Times 2 BY OSCAR D. SKELTON TORONTO GLASGOW BROOK COMPANY 1916 Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention vii PREFATORY NOTE In conformity with its title this volume save for the earlier chapters is history rather than biography is of the day more than of the man. The aim has been to review the more significant events and tendencies in the recent political life of Canada. In a later and larger work it is hoped to present a more personal and intimate biography of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. O. D. SKELTON. KINGSTON 1915. ix CONTENTS Page PREFATORY NOTE .vii I. THE MAKING OF A CANADIAN . 1 II. POLITICS IN THE SIXTIES.18 III. FIRST YEARS IN PARLIAMENT. .32 IV. IN OPPOSITION 1878-1887.53 V. LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION 1887-1896.91 VI. LOOKING TO WASHINGTON.101 VII. AN EMPIRE IN TRANSITION.126 VIII. THE END OF A RÉGIME.153 IX. NEW MEN AT THE HELM.169 X. Canada s new place in the world . . . . .176 XI. THE COMING OF PROSPERITY.218 XII. CANADA AND FOREIGN POWERS . . . .249 XIII. NATION AND EMPIRE .270 XIV. FIFTY YEARS OF UNION .321 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . 331 .