name: Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act
unofficial_text: # Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act
  
  SC 2002, c 2
  
  An Act respecting Sir John A. Macdonald Day and Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day
  
  Assented to 2002-3-21
  
  ### Preamble
   WHEREAS Sir John Alexander Macdonald was born on January 11, 1815; AND WHEREAS he was one of the founders of Confederation; AND WHEREAS he was the first Prime Minister of Canada; AND WHEREAS Sir Wilfrid Laurier was born on November 20, 1841; AND WHEREAS he was Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911; AND WHEREAS he was the first Prime Minister of French ancestry and a fervent promoter of national unity; Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 
  
  ## Short Title 
  
  ### Short title
  
  1 This Act may be cited as the Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act.  
  
  ## Sir John A. Macdonald Day 
  
  ### Sir John A. Macdonald Day
  
  2 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 11th day of January shall be known under the name of "Sir John A. Macdonald Day". 
  
  ## Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day 
  
  ### Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day
  
  3 Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the twentieth day of November shall be known under the name of "Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day".