Sir Wilfrid Laurier
was the first French-Canadian prime minister and held office from 1896
to 1911. He was born in St. Lin, Quebec on 20 November 1841 and died on
17 February 1919.
"The
winters of my childhood were long, long seasons.
We lived in three places -- the school, the church and the skating-rink--but
our real life was on the skating-rink."
Roch
Carrier - Le Chandail de hockey
(English adaptation by
Sheila Fischman
- The Hockey Sweater)
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