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Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Premiers[]
Premier of British Columbia – John Herbert Turner
Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway
Premier of New Brunswick – Andrew George Blair (until July 17) then James Mitchell
Premier of Nova Scotia – William Stevens Fielding (until July 18) then George Henry Murray (from July 20)
Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat (until July 25) then Arthur Sturgis Hardy
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Frederick Peters
Premier of Quebec – Louis-Olivier Taillon (until May 11) then Edmund James Flynn
Territorial governments[]
Lieutenant governors[]
Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – James Colebrooke Patterson
Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Charles Herbert Mackintosh
Premiers[]
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain
Events[]
April 27 – Sir Mackenzie Bowell resigns as Prime Minister due to cabinet infighting. He is replaced by Sir Charles Tupper.
May 1 – Sir Charles Tupper becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Mackenzie Bowell
May 11 – Edmund Flynn becomes Premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon
May 26 – A bridge collapse in Victoria, British Columbia kills 55 people
June 23 – Federal election: Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a majority, defeating Sir Charles Tupper's Conservatives. One of the key issues in the campaign has been the Manitoba Schools Question
July 11 – Wilfrid Laurier becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Charles Tupper
July 20 – George H. Murray becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Fielding
July 25 – Arthur S. Hardy becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Sir Oliver Mowat
July – James Mitchell becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Andrew Blair
August 17 – Gold is discovered in the Yukon, prompting the Klondike gold rush
Full date unknown[]
A plan to populate the western prairies with immigration from eastern Europe is unveiled
The first Canadian blast furnace opens in Hamilton, Ontario
Sport[]
February 14 – Winnipeg Victorias win their first Stanley Cup by defeating Montreal Victorias 2 goals to 0 at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink
Births[]
January to June[]
March 8 – Charlotte Whitton, feminist, politician and mayor of Ottawa (d.1975)
June 10 – Donald Alexander Macdonald, politician (b.1817)
June 19 – John Beverley Robinson, politician (b.1821)
June 25 – Samuel Leonard Tilley, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1818)
November 24 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1829)
Anne Hill, dancer and actor (b. 1804)
Historical Documents[]
Summary of Canada's imperial history and description of Governor General's Historical Ball[1]
Joshua Slocum sails Cape Horn solo on his globe-circling voyage[2]
Visitor describes constant boat traffic on the Muskoka Lakes, Ontario[3]
References[]
^"Illustrations of The Historical Ball[...]with a Short Historical Introduction by J.G. Bourinot[....]" Accessed 20 December 2019 http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_00195