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Canada's History › Key Figures
Who was Sir Wilfrid Laurier?
- The founder of the Liberal Party of Canada
- Canada's first French-Canadian Prime Minister and a great champion of national unity
- The Prime Minister who led Canada through World War II
- Canada's first Prime Minister
Why this is the correct answer
Sir Wilfrid Laurier served as Canada's first French-Canadian Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911, a milestone that showed national unity across linguistic lines. He worked to build a bilingual, bicultural Canada and is celebrated on the five-dollar bill.