Canadian Society and History: Biographies

In The History of Canada

Canadian statesman, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, b. Glasgow.

His premiership of Canada (1896–1911), the first to be held by a French Canadian, was the longest continuous term in the history of the dominion.

Canadian political leader, prime minister during World War I.

Canadian political leader, b. Kitchener, Ont.

Canadian diplomat and political leader, b. Ontario prov.

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
Canadian prime minister (1984–93).

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
Canadian politician and prime minister (1993–2003), b. Quebec.

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
Prime minister (2006–15) of Canada.

Canadian centre-left Liberal Party politician, prime minister from 2015.

1491–1557, French navigator, first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and discoverer of the St. Lawrence River.

French explorer, the chief founder of New France.

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
Fl. 1461–98, English explorer, probably b. Genoa, Italy.

Fl. 1607–11, English navigator and explorer.

British general in the French and Indian War.

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
1786–1871, French Canadian political leader and insurgent, b. Montreal.

In Philip's Encyclopedia
Canadian statesman. He shared the first premiership of united Canada with Louis la Fontaine, who represented the French of Lower Canada (1841-43, 1847-51).

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
1801–74, French Canadian journalist and government official, b. Quebec prov.