Louis St Laurent Research Paper

Louis St Laurent was born on the first of February 1882 in Compton, Quebec. His father Jean-Baptiste-Moise St Laurent was a Québecois who owned a general store and his mother Mary Anne Broderick was an Irish schoolteacher. . Louis St Laurent was the first of seven children. He grew up speaking French to his father and English to his mother. That resulted in him being fluently bilingual. Louis St Laurent’s mother did not enrol him into a French speaking school until he learnt how to read and write in English. He had a private tutor who recognized that he was a gifted student, with the help of the tutor St Laurent excelled in academics. He left Compton in 1896 to attend College St-Charles in Sherbrooke. His parents aspired for him to become a priest but he chose law instead.. He graduated in 1902 and received a B.A. in law. After graduating he furthered his education in law. He had a choice between Laval University and McGill University, but he chose Laval

One of King’s minsters suggested considering St Laurent to be a replacement. So on December 5th King proposed that Louis St Laurent would succeed Lapointe. The thought that St Laurent may not accept the job offer they offered him an income of $50 000 a year. He was sworn into office on the 10th of December. The Second World War was a national crisis in Canada by the time St Laurent joined office and King needed a person to represent Quebec’s views. Prime Minister King was in a lot of pressure to implement conscription but that was very difficult because he promised to not implement conscription. He had to pass Bill 80 that would repeal the inability to implement conscription. Quebec was the only province apposed the government policy but St Laurent delivered a speech to resolve the issue. He talked about Quebec nationalism and was able to convince the people of