Born

• 20 November 1841, St. Lin, Canada East

Education

• McGill University, B.C.L. 1864

Personal Status

• Married 1868, Zoe Lafontaine (1841-1921)

Professional Life

• Lawyer (called to the Bar Canada East in 1864)
• 1866-1867 Editor of Le Defricheur
• 1869-1878 Ensign, Arthabaskaville Infantry
• 1871-1874 MLA Quebec

Died

• 17 February 1919, Ottawa, Ontario

Buried

• Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario

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

• Leader of the Opposition 1887-1896
• Adoption of the regulations on the Manitoba Schools Question 1896
• Creation of the Yukon Territory 1898
• Canadian participation in the South African War 1899-1902
• Alaska Boundary Dispute 1903
• Construction of the second transcontinental railway 1903
• Creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta 1905
• Formation of the Departments of Labour 1900 and External Affairs 1909
• Naval Service Bill 1910
• Leader of the Opposition 1911-1919

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