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    Wilfrid Laurier

    Prime Pastor of Canada from succumb to

    "Laurier" redirects here. Practise other uses, see Laurier (disambiguation).

    The Right Honourable

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier

    GCMG PC KC

    Laurier hard cash

    In office
    July 11, &#;– October 6,
    Monarchs
    Governors General
    Preceded byCharles Tupper
    Succeeded byRobert Borden
    In office
    June 2, &#;– February 17,
    Preceded byEdward Blake
    Succeeded byDaniel Dancer McKenzie (interim)
    In office
    October 8, &#;– October 8,
    Prime MinisterAlexander Mackenzie
    Preceded byJoseph-Édouard Cauchon
    Succeeded byLouis François Georges Baby
    In office
    November 11, &#;– February 17,
    Preceded byIsidore Thibaudeau
    Succeeded byErnest Lapointe
    In office
    January 22, &#;– October 27,
    Preceded byPierre-Nérée Dorion
    Succeeded byDésiré Histrion Bourbeau
    In office
    July &#;– January 22,
    Preceded byEdward Lavatory Hemming
    Succeeded byWilliam John Watts
    Born

    Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier


    ()November 20,
    Saint-Lin, Canada East, Unified Province clamour Canada
    DiedFebruary 17, () (aged&#;77)
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Resting placeNotre Girl Cemetery, Algonquin, Ontario
    Political partyLiberal
    Other political
    affiliations    		Laur
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    ​Donald Alexander Smith: The Man

    Unsurprisingly there is a great deal of literature written on Donald Smith&#;s business achievements, which were numerous and also impressive in nature. Care must be taken not to overlook other aspects of his life as his business career demonstrates only one facet of his personality. His philanthropic work was prolific and he gave generously to numerous institutions from Ballachulish & Glencoe Shinty Club to King Edward&#;s Hospital Fund. A series of donations worth noting, as it demonstrates one side of Donald&#;s character, are his donations to McGill University in Montreal. Distinctively, he felt strongly that women should be have the opportunity to participate in higher education and bestowed a $50, endowment in specifically to fund women&#;s education. In fact, he joined the University&#;s board and in appointed the first female principal, Hilda Oakley, to the University.

    We might be forgiven for failing to consider the more personal side of Donald Smith as his achievements seem to overshadow all else. In terms of appearance, an observer, Mr McClintock, in August commented on Donald&#;s appearance, &#;he was about forty years old, some five feet ten inches high, with long sandy hair, a bushy red beard and very thick red eyebrows&#;.

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    Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

    Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist (–)

    Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL, FRS (6 August &#;&#; 21 January ), known as Sir Donald A. Smith between May and August , was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman who became one of the British Empire's foremost builders and philanthropists. He became commissioner, governor and principal shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was president of the Bank of Montreal and with his first cousin, George Stephen (later Lord Mount Stephen), co-founded the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and afterwards represented Montreal in the House of Commons of Canada. He was Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from to He was chairman of Burmah Oil and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. He was chancellor of McGill University (–)[1] and the University of Aberdeen.

    King Edward VII called him "Uncle Donald".[2] His estate was valued at $ million. During his lifetime, and including the bequests left after his death, he gave away just over $ million-plus a further £1 million (not including private gifts and allowances) to a