Clifford Sifton was responsible for encouraging the massive amount of immigration to Canada which occurred during the first decade of the 20th century.
16 Facts About Clifford Sifton
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Clifford Sifton trained as a lawyer and graduated from Victoria University in the University of Toronto, where he was the founding manager of Acta Victoriana.
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Clifford Sifton worked on his father's political campaigns before being himself elected to the legislative assembly of Manitoba in 1888.
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Clifford Sifton served in the cabinet of Thomas Greenway from 1891 to 1896 as attorney general and Provincial Lands Commissioner.
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Clifford Sifton played a role in negotiating the Laurier-Greenway Compromise, which temporarily resolved the Manitoba Schools Question.
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In 1896, Clifford Sifton was first elected a Member of Parliament after being acclaimed in a by-election in Brandon.
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Clifford Sifton was re-elected in the 1900 Canadian federal election against a strong challenge from former Manitoba premier Hugh John Macdonald.
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Clifford Sifton would be re-elected two more times, in 1904 and 1908.
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Clifford Sifton was appointed Minister of the Interior under Laurier and implemented a vigorous immigration policy called "The Last Best West" to encourage people to settle and populate the West.
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Clifford Sifton established colonial offices in Europe and the United States.
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Clifford Sifton famously defended the "stalwart peasants in sheep-skin coats" who were turning some of the most difficult parts of the western plains into productive farms.
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Especially later in his life, Clifford Sifton battled increasing deafness, which precluded any further potential political advances.
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Clifford 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 United States would result in Canada being taken over by the Americans.
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Clifford Sifton died in 1929 in New York City, where he had been visiting a heart specialist.
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Clifford Sifton was the daughter of Henry James Burrows and his wife, Sarah Sparks.
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Clifford Sifton founded and presided over the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Brandon, Manitoba.