Saskatchewan Politics Research Guide: William Melville Martin

The Saskatchewan Archives Board has a collection of personal papers and related documents for Premier William M. Martin. Please contact the Archives directly for terms of access.

In 1912, representatives of Saskatchewan's French-Canadian community assembled to form an association to defend and promote the ethnic and religious rights of French Canadians. Out of the controversy over separate schools versus public schools emerged the question of bilingualism. At the School Trustees Convention of 1917, the Anglo-Saxon population opposed the teaching of French in schools, while the French supported their right for bilingualism. When the matter reached the provincial legislatu

Encyclopedia entry for William M. Martin from the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

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