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Wilfrid Laurier

1841 - 1919

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Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier ( LORR-ee-ay; French: [wilfʁid loʁje]; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian prime ministers and his nearly 45 years of service in the House of Commons is a record for the House. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilfrid Laurier has received more than 1,590,238 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfrid Laurier is the 9,232nd most popular politician (down from 7,734th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Canada (down from 124th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 9,232 out of 19,576. Before him are Rafael Carrera, Kuzma Minin, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, Ælfwynn, and Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. After him are Pierre Buyoya, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Vladimir Bakarić, Amalafrida, Ōtomo Sōrin, and Bohemond VII of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 44. Before him are Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Otto von Gierke, Luigi Luzzatti, Prudente de Morais, Charles J. Guiteau, and Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales. After him are François-Alphonse Forel, Elfrida Andrée, Józef Brandt, Catulle Mendès, Oreste Baratieri, and Marie Alfred Cornu. Among people deceased in 1919, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 75. Before him are Julia Lermontova, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Luigi Illica, Melchora Aquino, Adelina Patti, and Max Heindel. After him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Francisco Moreno, László Mednyánszky, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, and Daniel Peter.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 150 out of 1,622. Before him are David Foster (1949), William B. Davis (1938), Paul Watson (1950), Shania Twain (1965), Gerald Bull (1928), and Joshua Slocum (1844). After him are Sid Meier (1954), Donald Arnold (1935), James Gosling (1955), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Brian Kernighan (1942), and Fay Wray (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 11. Before him are Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Jean Chrétien (1934), Paul Martin (1938), Mary Simon (1947), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), and Louis Riel (1844). After him are Brian Mulroney (1939), Stephen Harper (1959), René Lévesque (1922), Jean Béliveau (1931), John T. Dunlap (1957), and Kim Campbell (1947).

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