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William Stevens Fielding
William Stevens Fielding 1848-1929, Canadian statesman, b. Halifax, N.S. A newspaper editor in Halifax, he entered the provincial legislature in 1882 and was provincial prime minister (1884-96). He then entered the House of Commons, and for 15 years (1896-1911) he was Wilfrid Laurier's minister of ...
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Sir Clifford Sifton
Sir Clifford Sifton 1861-1929, Canadian political leader, b. Ontario. A lawyer in Manitoba, he sat (1888-96) in the provincial legislature and then served (1896-1911) in the Canadian House of Commons. As minister of the interior (1896-1905) in Wilfrid Laurier's cabinet he pursued a vigorous immigra...
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier , 1841-1919, Canadian prime minister. He studied law at McGill Univ. His premiership of Canada (1896-1911), the first to be held by a French Canadian, was the longest continuous term in the history of the dominion. From his first speech in the Quebec legislature, to which he was ...
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stream of consciousness
stream of consciousness in literature, technique that records the multifarious thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument or narrative sequence. The writer attempts by the stream of consciousness to reflect all the forces, external and internal, influencing the psycholo...
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Waterloo
Waterloo . 1 City (1991 pop. 71,181), SE Ont., Canada. It adjoins Kitchener . Several large insurance companies have their main offices there. Its industries include distilleries and plants making furniture, farm machinery, and metal products. The district was settled (1800-1805) by Mennonites fr...
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Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Minto, 4th earl of
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound Minto, 4th earl of , 1845-1914, British colonial administrator. He entered the army in 1867, eventually becoming (1884) military secretary to Lord Lansdowne, governor-general of Canada. As a popular governor-general himself (1898-1904) Minto maintained cordial r...
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Sir William Mulock
Sir William Mulock 1844-1944, Canadian statesman and jurist, b. Ontario. A lawyer, he served (1882-1905) as a Liberal in the House of Commons. As postmaster general (1896-1905) in Wilfrid Laurier's cabinet, he was responsible for securing (1898) the adoption of penny postage within the British Empi...
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Sir Robert Laird Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937, Canadian political leader, prime minister during World War I, b. Grand Pré, N.S. Called to the bar in 1878, he won a reputation as a constitutional lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1896 and in 1901 succeeded Sir Charles Tupper as leader of ...
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950, Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie. An expert on labor questions, he served in Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal administration as deputy minister of labor (1900-1908) and minister of labor (1909-11) and was editor (1900-...
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Liberal party
Liberal party Canadian political party. Prior to confederation in 1867, reform parties advocating greater local participation in provincial governments, free trade, and increased separation of church and state existed in Canada West, Canada East, and the Maritime Provinces. After 1867 although the ...
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