| World / Canada / Ontario / Ottawa, 1 km from center | Coordinates: 45°25'28"N 75°41'46"W |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier served as Canada's first Francophone Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911. During his premiership Canada experienced growth and prosperity. Under his administration, Alberta and Saskatchewan joined Confederation, the last British troops were withdrawn from Canada and the Royal Canadian Navy was founded.
In 1922, plans began for a statue of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The competition for designing the monument received 40 entries from artists around the world. The winning entry was that of Joseph-Émile Brunet, a young artist from Montreal who would later become one of Quebec's foremost figure sculptors.
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