THE POLITICAL POWER

• 11 July 1896 - 6 October 1911

BORN

• 20 Novembre 1841, St. Lin, Canada East

EDUCATION

• McGill University (Law degree 1864)

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1868, Zoé Lafontaine (1841 - 1921)

OCCUPATION

• Lawyer
• 1866 - 1867 Ran newspaper Le Défricheur

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 RECORD

• Adoption of the regulations on the Manitoba Schools Question 1896
• Plebiscite on Prohibition 1898
• Creation of Yukon Territory 1898
• Canadian participation in the South African War 1899 - 1902
• Alaska Boundary Dispute 1903
• Construction of a second transcontinental railway 1903
• Creation of provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta 1905
• Formation of Departments of Labour 1900 and External Affairs 1909
• Birth of the Royal Canadian Navy 1910

DIED

• 17 February 1919, Ottawa, Ontario, while still a member of the House of Commons

BURIED

• Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario