Sifton Clifford 1861- Educated At Victoria University Removed To
Manitoba and called to the bar of that province, 1882. Elected to the
Manitoba Assembly, 1888; attorney-general and minister of education,
1891; elected to the House of Commons for Brandon, 1896; minister of the
interior in the Laurier administration, 1896; resigned, 1905; agent of
British government before Alaska Boundary Commission, 1903; chairman of
Dominion Commission on the Conservation of Natural Resources, 1909.