The Life and Political Achievements of Sir Wilfrid Laurier of Canada
Laurier gained great achievement over his political years because he
represented Canada as a whole. His family first came to Canada dating back
to the time of New France and the early Montreal years.
Laurier's father, a government surveyor and a genial, settled down in
Canada and got married to Marcelle Martineau. Wildfrid was their first
child who was born on November 20, 1841. Seven years later a tragedy struck
the Laurier family when Wildfrid's mother died.
Since his mother died when Wildfrid was only seven, his father wanted
to give him the best education possible. His father knew if he were to
succeed in Canada he would have to learn the english language and ways.
When Wilfrid was ten years old he got sent to an Anglo-Protestant family
who were Scottish immigrants. Here he learned the english language and the
Protestant faith. Later on in his life he recalled "how I fought with the
Scotch boys and made schoolboy love to the Scotch girls, with more success
in the latter than in the former." Remembering the past Laurier would
carefully develop the politics of reconciliation rather than conflict.
In the year 1854 the young lad went to college, De L'assomption. In
his studies he took subjects such as Latin, Latin classics, pre-
revolutionary French literature, Greek, English and some philosophy. The
education which Laurier got from this school was to prepare him for
priesthood but he decided to study law in Montreal at McGill University.
At the University Laurier was very hard working and serious to try to
accomplish his first major goal which was to become a lawyer. In 1864
Laurier had graduated at the top of his class and was chosen to give the
valedictory address. Some of the things he said in his address were how a
lawyer bore heavy responsibilities. A lawyer had to maintain liberty and
justice; a lawyer had to defend the individual, especially the weak from
bold to strong, and that sometimes included the state and church.
Differences of language, religion or history paled in comparison to
lawyer's obligation to seek justice and freedom."
Laurier started his law career in a small law firm in Montreal but due
to bad health he moved to a small town in Quebec called Victoriaville where
he carried out practising law and became involved with the newspaper in
Susan Campbell who graduated first in her class, was asked to deliver the commencement address.
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