1888 in Canada
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Events from the year 1888 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (until June 11) then Frederick Stanley
- Prime Minister â John A. Macdonald
- Chief Justice â William Johnstone Ritchie (New Brunswick)
- Parliament â 6th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Hugh Nelson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â James Cox Aikins (until July 1) then John Christian Schultz
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Matthew Henry Richey (until July 8) then Archibald McLelan
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Alexander Campbell
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Andrew Archibald Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Auguste-Réal Angers
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
- Premier of Manitoba â David Howard Harrison (until January 19) then Thomas Greenway
- Premier of New Brunswick â Andrew George Blair
- Premier of Nova Scotia â William Stevens Fielding
- Premier of Ontario â Oliver Mowat
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â William Wilfred Sullivan
- Premier of Quebec â Honoré Mercier
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin â James Cox Aikins (until July 1) then John Christian Schultz
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories â Edgar Dewdney (until July 1) then Joseph Royal
Premiers
Events
- January 19 â Thomas Greenway becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing David H. Harrison.
- June 20 â The North-West Territories holds its first general election; 22 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected. All are independents; there are no party politics in the territories.
- July 11 â The Manitoba general election is held.
Full date unknown
- Boundary survey started by Dr. William H. Dall of the United States and Dr. George M. Dawson of Canada.
Arts and literature
New books
- Among the Millet: Archibald Lampman
Births
January to June
- January 18 â Charles Gavan Power, politician, Minister and Senator (d.1968)
- January 20 â Ethel Wilson, novelist and short story writer (d.1980)
- February 28 â George Pearkes, politician, soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross (d.1984)
- March 24 â Samuel Rosborough Balcom, politician (d.1981)
- April 6 â Leonard Brockington, lawyer, civil servant and first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (d.1966)
- April 8 â Dora Mavor Moore, actor, teacher and director (d.1979)
- April 23
- Joseph Georges Bouchard, politician (d.1956)
- Georges Vanier, soldier, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (d.1967)
- April 28 â Harry Crerar, General (d.1965)
- May 3 â Johan Helders, photographer
July to December
- July 11 â John Keiller MacKay, soldier, jurist and 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1970)
- August 3 â Margaret Murray, journalist
- September 2 â Dorothy Stevens, artist
- September 7 â William Bryce, politician
- September 15 â Filip Konowal, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient in 1917 (d.1959)
- September 18
- Grey Owl, writer and conservationist (d.1938)
- William Duncan Herridge, politician and diplomat (d.1961)
- October 23 â Onésime Gagnon, politician and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d.1961)
- November 3 â Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger, politician and lawyer (d.1958)
- November 11 â S. E. Rogers, politician (d.1965)
- November 25 â Joseph W. Noseworthy, politician (d.1956)
- December 2 â Major James Coldwell, politician (d.1974)
Deaths
- January 17 â Big Bear, Cree leader (b. c1825)
- February 4 â Sévère Rivard, lawyer, politician and 17th Mayor of Montreal (b.1834)
- March 2 â William Elliott, farmer, merchant and politician (b.1834)
- April 21 â Thomas White, journalist and politician (b.1830)
- May 3 â William Alexander Henry, politician (b.1816)
- May 12 â Ãlie Saint-Hilaire, educator, farmer and politician (b.1839)
- May 30 â James Ferrier, merchant, politician and 4th Mayor of Montreal (b.1800)
- August 4 â Charles-Joseph Coursol, lawyer, politician and 13th Mayor of Montreal (b.1819)
- August 24 â John Rose, politician (b.1820)
- October 1 â James Gibb Ross, merchant and politician (b.1819)
Historical documents
House of Commons committee hears of cartels conspiring to control products ranging from groceries to coal to stoves and coffins[2]
Sandford Fleming's ideas on telegraph line to Australia[3]
Indenture form between "Guardian" and caretaker/employer who agrees to pay immigrant boy and give him "good clothing and schooling" etc. for work[4]
U.S. Supreme Court rules on Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent in light of previous invention claimed by "a poor mechanic"[5]
Brief visit to Chinatown temple in Victoria, B.C.[6]
In report on northern lands, Senate committee points out unwanted wildlife loss from "greater ease in their capture" and use of poison[7]
Lecturer describes dogs of Hudson Strait Inuit[8]