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Sir Clifford Sifton, PC (March 10, 1861 – April 17, 1929) was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was responsible for encouraging the massive amount of immigration in Canada which occurred in the first decade of the 20th century. Born in Middlesex County, Canada West (now Ontario), Sifton's father, John Wright Sifton, was a contractor and businessman who moved with his family to Manitoba when Clifford was a boy. He trained as a lawyer, and graduated from Victoria University in the University of Toronto in 1875. He worked on his father's political campaigns before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, himself, in 1888. Sifton served in the cabinet of Thomas Greenway from 1891 to 1896 as Attorney General and Provincial Lands Commissioner. He played a role in negotiating the Laurier-Greenway Compromise, which temporarily resolved the Manitoba Schools Question. In 1896, Sifton was elected a Member of Parliament and served as Minister of the Interior under Laurier. As Minister of the Interior he started a vigorous immigration policy to get people to settle and populate the West. Sifton established colonial offices in Europe and the United States. He enticed people to come to western Canada. While many of the immigrants came from Britain and the United States, Canada also had a large influx of Ukrainians, Doukhobors, and other groups from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Between 1891 and 1914, more than three million people came to Canada, largely from continental Europe, following the path of the newly constructed continental railway. In the same period, mining operations were begun in the Klondike and the Canadian Shield. In the federal election of 1900, Sifton retained his seat against a strong challenge from former Manitoba Premier Hugh John Macdonald. After presiding over the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, Sifton resigned from cabinet following a dispute with Laurier over religious education. Especially later in his life, Sifton battled increasing deafness, which precluded any further potential political advances.[1] Sifton retired from politics in 1911, but crusaded against the government policy of reciprocity, because he believed that increased economic integration between Canada and the US would result in Canada being taking over by the Americans"[2] Sifton died in New York City in 1929, where he had been visiting a heart specialist. He left a fortune estimated at $3.2 million, equivalent to about $40 million in present day terminology.[3] [edit] References
Clifford Sifton became a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Alpha Tau chapter).
Clifford Sifton was appointed by laurier to be the minister of the interior Categories: 1861 births | 1929 deaths | Canadian Business Hall of Fame | Canadian knights | Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George | Liberal Party of Canada MPs | Lawyers in Manitoba | University of Toronto alumni | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Manitoba | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | People from Winnipeg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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