and Saskatchewan in 1905, Sifton resigned from cabinet following a dispute with Laurier over religious education. Especially later in his life, Sifton battled increasing deafness, which precluded any further potential political advances. Later life Sifton retired from politics in 1911 but crusaded against the government policy of reciprocity, because he believed that increased economic integration between Canada and the United States would result in Canada being taken over by the Americans. A sometimes repeated assertion on immigration policy, that "a stalwart peasant in a sheep-skin coat, born on the soil,[...]is good quality," was made in a 1922 article he wrote. Sifton died in 1929 in New York City, where he had been visiting a heart specialist. He left a fortune estimated at $3.2 million, equivalent to about $ in present-day terminology. Sifton is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Family Sifton, then a young lawyer, was married in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on August 18, 1884, to Elizabeth Armanella Burrows. She was the daughter of Henry James Burrows and his wife, Sarah Sparks. Elizabeth was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and educated at the Ottawa Ladies' College. The couple had five sons. She founded and presided over the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in Brandon, Manitoba. His brother-in-law Theodore Arthur Burrows would also serve as a Liberal MP in the Laurier government, and he was later appointed the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. His brother Arthur Sifton served as the second Premier of Alberta. Archives There is a Clifford Sifton fonds at Library and Archives Canada. References Further reading Dafoe, John W. Clifford Sifton in Relation to His Times (1931). Hall, D.J. "Clifford Sifton: Immigration and Settlement Policy, 1896–1905," in Howard Palmer, ed. The Settlement of the West (1977) pp. 60–85. Timlin, Mabel F. "Canada's Immigration Policy, 1896–1910," Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov., 1960), pp. 517–532 in JSTOR. External links 1861 births 1929 deaths Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Canadian people of Anglo-Irish descent Liberal Party of Canada MPs Lawyers in Manitoba University of Toronto alumni Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada People from Middlesex County, Ontario Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba