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Sep 01, 1868 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Died on 31 Aug 1952 (aged 83)
Canadian politician
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About Henri Bourassa
- Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (French pronunciation: ?[?~?i bu?asa]; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher.
- In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight for Britain in the Second Boer War.
- Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's compromise was to send a volunteer force, but the seeds were sown for future conscription protests during the World Wars of the next half-century.
- Bourassa challenged, unsuccessfully, the proposal to build warships to help protect the empire.
- He led the opposition to mandatory conscription during World War I, arguing that Canada's interests were not at stake.
- He opposed Catholic bishops who defended military support of Britain and its allies.
- Bourassa was an ideological father of French-Canadian nationalism.
