Langevin, Archbishop, and the school question, [160], [167], [172], [244].
Langevin, Sir Hector, in the Macdonald Cabinet, [55], [82], [155].
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, his birth and descent, [1-4]; schooldays, [4-10]; early bias towards Liberalism, [9]; his knowledge of French and English literature, [6], [15-16]; studies law in Montreal, [10-11]; his early partnerships, [12-13]; the 'Institut Canadien,' [28-30]; edits 'Le Défricheur' and opens a law office in Arthabaskaville, [13-15], [31], [92]; his marriage, [16-17]; enters the Quebec Assembly, [32-3], [34]; his criticism of dual representation, [34]; enters the Dominion parliament, [34-5]; the Riel question (1874-75), [39-40]; a moderate protectionist, [41], [57], [173-4]; his address on Political Liberalism, [48-50], [24]; enters the Mackenzie Cabinet, [51], [54]; leader of French wing of Liberal Opposition, [55-6]; his rising popularity, [56], [184]; the C.P.R. contract, [59]; the Letellier case, [65]; the Ontario boundary dispute, [67-8]; the Riel episode, [82-9]; on Papineau, [83-4]; his great speech in the debate on the Landry motion, [85-9]; Liberal Opposition leader, [91-3], [156-7]; the hostility of the Church, [93], [164-6]; advocates unrestricted reciprocity with the United States, [111-13], [121-2], [124]; the Jesuits' Estates Act, [116-17]; on commercial union with Britain, [151-2]; his tribute on the death of Sir John Macdonald, [153-4]; the Manitoba school question, [162-7], [172]; his answer to the threat of ecclesiastical hostility, [164-6]; his electoral campaign of 1896, [166-8]; prime minister, [169-70] and note, [236], [247-8], [257], [327]; his doctrine of conciliation, [172]; 'the lion of the hour' at the Jubilee ceremonies, [176-8], [180-1]; G.C.M.G., [178] n.; his conception of Empire, [181], [278-9], [291]; his visit to France, [181-4]; the Boer War, [188-90] and note, [191-3]; Colonial Conferences (1902), [195], [206-8], [236]; (1907) [277-9], [288], [292]; (1911) [294], [296]; his meeting with Chamberlain, [206-7]; Joint High Commission, [209]; desires treaty-making powers for Canada, [217], [286]; the school question in Alberta and Saskatchewan, [239-40], [242], [244]; the defeat of his ministry, [268-9]; favours imperial preference, [278]; opposes the doctrine of centralization, [291-2], [294], [296], [116]; favours a Canadian navy, [306], [308], [311]; four guiding principles, [325-30], [34], [49-50], [121], [192]; his great task, [329-30]; a Liberal of the English school, [41], [117], [165]; his personality, [3], [4], [6], [8-9], [11], [12], [13], [34], [48], [56], [82-3], [92], [165-6], [178].
Law, A. Bonar, and food taxes, [279-80].
Lemieux Act, the, [238].
Lemieux, Rodolphe, [247]; his mission to Japan, [255], [286].
Letellier de St Just, Luc, [21]; lieutenant-governor of Quebec, [63-6].
Liberalism, definition of, [282], [326].
Liberal party: leadership in commission, [91]; its tariff policy, [41], [111], [112-13], [120], [125], [157], [173-5], [250-2], [276]; election anomalies and sphere of influence, [245], [269], [167-8], [194]. See Parliament.
Lincoln, Abraham, [16].