1891 in Canada
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Events from the year 1891 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â Frederick Stanley
- Prime Minister â John A. Macdonald (until June 6) then John Abbott (from June 16)
- Chief Justice â William Johnstone Ritchie (New Brunswick)
- Parliament â 6th (until 3 February) then 7th (from 29 April)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Hugh Nelson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â John Christian Schultz
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Malachy Bowes Daly
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Alexander Campbell
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Jedediah Slason Carvell
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Auguste-Réal Angers
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â John Robson
- Premier of Manitoba â 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 Neil McLeod (until April 27) then Frederick Peters
- Premier of Quebec â Honoré Mercier (until December 21) then Charles Boucher de Boucherville
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Events
- February 21 â The first Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 125.
- March 5 â Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority.
- April 27 â Frederick Peters becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Neil McLeod.
- June 6 â Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald dies in office.
- June 8 â Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald lies in state in the Senate Chamber.
- June 16 â Sir John Abbott becomes prime minister.
- September 29 â Thomas McGreevy is expelled from the House of Commons due to corruption.
- November 7 â The election of the 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly.
- December 10 â The Calgary and Edmonton Railway opens, connecting Edmonton to the national railway network for the first time.
- December 21 â Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Honoré Mercier.
- The Legislative Council of New Brunswick is abolished.
Sport
- The Canadian Rugby Football Union is renamed the Canadian Rugby Union
Births
January to June
- January 6 â Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (d.1973)
- January 26 â Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon (d.1976)
- April 1 â Harry Nixon, politician and 13th Premier of Ontario (d.1961)
- May 3 â Thomas John Bentley, politician (d.1983)
- June 13 â Hervé-Edgar Brunelle, politician and lawyer (d.1950)
July to December
- July 12 â Adhémar Raynault, politician and Mayor of Montreal (d.1984)
- August 30 â Elmer Jamieson, educator
- September 16 â Julie Winnefred Bertrand, supercentenarian, oldest living Canadian and oldest verified living recognized woman at the time of her death (d.2007)
- October 30 â Ada Mackenzie, golfer
- November 14 â Frederick Banting, medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate (d.1941)
- December 10 â Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander and Governor General of Canada (d.1969)
- December 25 â William Ross Macdonald, politician, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1976)
Deaths
- January 4 â Antoine Labelle, priest and settler (b.1833)
- January 21 â Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (b.1842)
- May 31 â Antoine-Aimé Dorion, politician and jurist (b.1818)
- June 6 â John A. Macdonald, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b.1815)