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Oscar D. Skelton. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time
The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE MAKING OF A CANADIAN
SIR ANTOINE AIMÉ DORION. From a photograph
CHAPTER II
POLITICS IN THE SIXTIES
CHAPTER III
FIRST YEARS IN PARLIAMENT
PRIME MINISTERS OF CANADA, 1867-1915
GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF THE DOMINION
CHAPTER IV
IN OPPOSITION, 1878-1887
VICE-REGAL CONSORTS
HONORÉ MERCIER. From a photograph
CHAPTER V
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, 1887-1896
CHAPTER VI
LOOKING TO WASHINGTON
CHAPTER VII
AN EMPIRE IN TRANSITION
SIR WILFRID LAURIER. From a photograph by Topley
CHAPTER VIII
THE END OF A RÉGIME
CHAPTER IX
NEW MEN AT THE HELM
The Liberal Government formed by Mr. Laurier in 1896
CHAPTER X
CANADA'S NEW PLACE IN THE WORLD
SIR ROBERT BORDEN. From a photograph by Montminy, Quebec
CHAPTER XI
THE COMING OF PROSPERITY
CHAPTER XII
CANADA AND FOREIGN POWERS
CHAPTER XIII
NATION AND EMPIRE
SIR WILFRID LAURIER IN ENGLAND, 1911
CHAPTER XIV
FIFTY YEARS OF UNION
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INDEX
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty. at the Edinburgh University Press
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Oscar D. Skelton
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Parties in flux—Church and state—The war on the Institute—Le Défricheur
The year 1841, when Wilfrid Laurier was born, was the year of the Union of Upper and Lower Canada as a single province. There followed, as he came to manhood, a time of intense political activity, of bitter party and personal rivalry, of constant shift in the lines of political groups and parties. The stage was being set and many of the players were being trained for the greater drama which was to open with Confederation.
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