1910 in Canada

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Events from the year 1910 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

Crown[]

Monarch – Edward VII (until May 6) then George V

Federal government[]

Governor General – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier
Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec)
Parliament – 11th

Provincial governments[]

Lieutenant governors[]

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Duncan Cameron Fraser (until September 27) then James Drummond McGregor
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Morison Gibson
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Donald Alexander MacKinnon (until June 1) then Benjamin Rogers
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Amédée Forget (until October 5) then George William Brown

Premiers[]

Premier of Alberta – Alexander Cameron Rutherford (until May 26) then Arthur Sifton
Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride
Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
Premier of New Brunswick – John Douglas Hazen
Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
Premier of Ontario – James Whitney
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Francis Haszard
Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott

Territorial governments[]

Prime Ministers Robert Borden and Wilfrid Laurier. At the time of this photo, in 1912, Borden was Prime Minister of Canada, and Laurier was Leader of the Opposition.

Commissioners[]

Commissioner of Yukon – Alexander Henderson
Gold Commissioner of Yukon – F.X. Gosselin
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White

Events[]

January 3 – Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other – headline in The Times (page 5)
January 10 – The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Act creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
January 10 – Le Devoir first published
January 21 – A train wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 44
March 5 – 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
May 4 – The Royal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Act passes
May 6 – Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
May 26 – Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
July 31 – British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
December 9 – a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta, kills 31

Sport[]

January 5/7 – Ottawa HC defeats Galt HC 15 goals to 4 to win the first Stanley Cup challenge in Ottawa's Dey's Arena
January 18/20 – Ottawa HC defeats 21 goals to 11 to win the second Stanley Cup challenge in Ottawa's Dey's Arena
March 12 – Montreal Wanderers defeat Berlin Dutchmen 7 goals to 3 to win the final Stanley Cup challenge in Montreal's Jubilee Rink
September 13 – Regina Rugby Club (Saskatchewan Roughriders) are established
November 26 – The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Hamilton Tigers 16 to 7 to win the 2nd Grey Cup, played at Hamilton's A.A.A. Grounds

Arts and literature[]

New Books[]

Anne of Avonlea – Lucy Maud Montgomery
Ednyfed Fychan – William Williams
Practical Political Economy – Stephen Leacock

Births[]

January to June[]

January 4 – Arthur Villeneuve, painter (d. 1990)
February 2 – , astrophysicist
February 5 – Charles Philippe Leblond, pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research (d. 2007)
February 27 – Robert Bryce, civil servant (d. 1997)
May 4 – , Quebec politician (d. 1964)
May 30 – Keir Clark, Prince Edward Island politician (d. 2010)
June 17 – George Hees, politician and minister (d. 1996)
June 26 – Munroe Bourne, swimmer (d. 1992)

July to December[]

James Coyne

July 2 – Lorne Carr, hockey player (d. 2007)
July 17 – James Coyne, second Governor of the Bank of Canada
July 19 – Jean Wilson, speed-skater
July 29 – Norman Fawcett, politician (d. 1997)
August 13 – , playwright
August 18 – Robert Winters, politician and businessman (d. 1969)
August 25 – Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and dancer (d. 1993)
August 26 – Jessie Gray, surgeon (d. 1978)
September 10 – Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (d. 1997)
September 21 – Anne Wilkinson, poet (d. 1961)
October 8 – Ray Lewis, track and field athlete, Olympic bronze medallist, first Canadian-born black Olympic medallist (d. 2003)
October 13 – Otto Joachim, German-born composer (d. 2010)
October 21 – Pauline Mills McGibbon, politician and 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (d. 2001)
October 27 – Jack Carson, actor (d. 1963)
November 14 – Michael Starr, politician and first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent (d. 2000)

Full date unknown[]

, writer
Al Clouston, storyteller, humourist and author (d. 2004)
Leo Landreville, politician and judge implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural Gas scandal (d. 1996)

Deaths[]

February 2 – George Murdoch, politician and 1st mayor of Calgary (b.1850)
February 9 – George Barnard Baker, lawyer, politician and Senator (b.1834)
February 15 – Joseph-Élisée Beaudet, businessman and politician (b.1834)
February 26 – Adelaide Hoodless, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute (b.1857)
May 6 – Edward VII, King of Canada (b.1841)
June 7 – Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (b.1823)
June 9 – Charles Braithwaite, politician and agrarian leader (b.1850)
September 2 – Hector Fabre, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator (b.1834)

Historical Documents[]

Prime Minister Laurier says creating navy is necessary for autonomous nation ^[1]

Poster: Canadian Pacific steamship fleets^[2]

At Eucharistic Congress of Montreal, Henri Bourassa defends use of French in Catholic worship ^[3]

Instructions to Cowichan Indian Agency include discouraging "foolish, wasteful and demoralizing" potlatches ^[4]

Grain Growers' Guide reports "tricks" and "graft" Prairie farmers encounter at grain elevators ^[5]

Socialist Party leaflet quotes Alberta MLA championing railway workers ^[6]

Rudyard Kipling urges people of Medicine Hat not to change city's name ^[7]

Lucy Maud Montgomery answers questions about Boston, women's suffrage, and Prince Edward Island ^[8]

Cartoon: Angry women chase Toronto mayor saying "Wonder who told them we didn't encourage the suffragette movement in Toronto?"^[9]

References[]

^ Sir Wilfrid Laurier (November 29, 1910) Debates of the House of Commons, 11th Parliament, 3rd Session (1911), pgs. 448-51, 455, 458-9. Accessed 19 February 2020
^ "Canadian Pacific Railway Co's. Steamship Fleets" (1910). Accessed 27 June 2021
^ Henri Bourassa, The Right to Practise Catholicism in French (1910). Accessed 19 February 2020
^ Letter: Duties of Agents (Ottawa, May 10, 1910). Accessed 19 February 2020
^ G.F. Chipman (ed.), "Mr. Green's Address; Membership Growing" and "Mr. Goldie's Address; Another Graft" The Siege of Ottawa, pgs. 28-9 and 35. Accessed 21 April 2020
^ F. Blake, "The Proletarian in Politics: The Socialist Position; As defended by C.M. O'Brien, M.L.A. in the Alberta Legislature." Accessed 19 February 2020
^ "Rudyard Kipling's (Medicine) Hat Trick: Compliments of the 'Medicine Hat News'" (1936; unpaginated). Accessed 19 February 2020
^ Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Topics Worth While; Four Questions Answered" Boston Herald (circa November 1, 1910). Accessed 19 February 2020
^ Newton McConnell, "Mayor Oliver: Wonder who told them we didn't encourage the suffragette movement in Toronto?" (ca. 1910). Accessed 11 April 2021

[1] Sir Wilfrid Laurier (November 29, 1910) Debates of the House of Commons, 11th Parliament, 3rd Session (1911), pgs. 448-51, 455, 458-9. Accessed 19 February 2020

[2] "Canadian Pacific Railway Co's. Steamship Fleets" (1910). Accessed 27 June 2021

[3] Henri Bourassa, The Right to Practise Catholicism in French (1910). Accessed 19 February 2020

[4] Letter: Duties of Agents (Ottawa, May 10, 1910). Accessed 19 February 2020

[5] G.F. Chipman (ed.), "Mr. Green's Address; Membership Growing" and "Mr. Goldie's Address; Another Graft" The Siege of Ottawa, pgs. 28-9 and 35. Accessed 21 April 2020

[6] F. Blake, "The Proletarian in Politics: The Socialist Position; As defended by C.M. O'Brien, M.L.A. in the Alberta Legislature." Accessed 19 February 2020

[7] "Rudyard Kipling's (Medicine) Hat Trick: Compliments of the 'Medicine Hat News'" (1936; unpaginated). Accessed 19 February 2020

[8] Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Topics Worth While; Four Questions Answered" Boston Herald (circa November 1, 1910). Accessed 19 February 2020

[9] Newton McConnell, "Mayor Oliver: Wonder who told them we didn't encourage the suffragette movement in Toronto?" (ca. 1910). Accessed 11 April 2021

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