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Clifford Sifton

Minister of the Interior · 1861-1929

Filled the prairies with a million immigrants in a decade and changed who Canadians were.

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Life story

1. March 10, 1861 · Middlesex County, Ontario
   Born at St. Johns, Canada West
2. November 1896 · Ottawa
   Joined Laurier's cabinet as minister of the interior
3. 1897 · Winnipeg
   Advertised free homesteads across Europe and the United States
4. 1905 · Ottawa
   Resigned over separate schools in the new prairie provinces
5. April 17, 1929 · New York
   Died in New York

In the timeline

• 1896 — Laurier takes office
• 1905 — Alberta and Saskatchewan

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Clifford Sifton
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia