Clifford Sifton Biography

Sir Clifford Sifton, PC, KCMG, KC (March 10, 1861 – April 17, 1929), was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal 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 during the first decade of the 20th century. In 1905, he broke with Laurier and resigned from cabinet on the issue of publicly-funded religious education in the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.