1894 in Canada
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Events from the year 1894 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â The Earl of Aberdeen
- Prime Minister â John Thompson (until December 12) then Mackenzie Bowell (from December 21)
- Parliament â 7th
- Chief Justice â Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Edgar Dewdney
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â John Christian Schultz
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â John James Fraser
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Malachy Bowes Daly
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â George Airey Kirkpatrick
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Jedediah Slason Carvell (until February 14) then George William Howlan (from February 21)
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â Theodore Davie
- 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 Frederick Peters
- Premier of Quebec â Louis-Olivier Taillon
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Events
- January 1 â the town of Calgary is incorporated as a city
- February 20 â Manitoba Schools Question: The Supreme Court refuses to hear the appeal of Manitoba francophones.
- April 27 â Canada's largest known landslide occurs in Saint-Alban, Quebec. It displaced 185 million cubic metres (242 million cubic yards) of rock and dirt and left a 40-metre (130 ft) scar that covered 4.6 million square metres (50 million square feet).[2][3]
- May 17 â Pioneers' Obelisk (Montreal) unveiled
- June 14 â Massey Hall opens in Toronto.
- June 26 â 1894 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a seventh majority.
- June 28 â July 9 â Colonial Conference of 1894 held in Ottawa.
- September 3 â Labour Day celebrated for the first time in Canada.
- October 31 â The third election of the North-West Legislative Assembly.
- December 12 â Prime Minister Sir John Thompson, dies of a heart attack at Windsor Castle, just hours after Queen Victoria inducted him to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
- December 21 â Mackenzie Bowell becomes prime minister.
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- Rondeau Provincial Park is established in southwestern Ontario.
- St. Albert cheese factory is founded.
Arts and literature
- Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is founded.
Sport
- March 22 â Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa to win the first Stanley Cup challenge.
Births
January to June
- January 3 â James Lorimer Ilsley, politician, Minister and jurist (d.1967)
- January 5 â Norman MacKenzie, author, lawyer, professor and Senator (d.1986)
- February 8 â Billy Bishop, First World War flying ace (d.1956)
- May 7 â George A. Drew, politician and 14th Premier of Ontario (d.1973)
- May 13 â William Earl Rowe, politician and 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1984)
- May 29 â Beatrice Lillie, comic actress (d.1989)
- June 4 â La Bolduc, singer and musician (d.1941)
- June 5 â Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur (d.1976)
July to December
- July 17 â Phillip Garratt, aviator
- July 24 â Theobald Butler Barrett, politician
- July 25 â Norman McLeod Rogers, lawyer, politician and Cabinet minister (d.1940)
- August â Gladys Porter, politician and first female member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia (d.1967)
- September 9 â Humphrey Mitchell, politician and trade unionist (d.1950)
- September 10 â H. H. Wrong, diplomat (d.1954)
- October 7 â Del Lord, film director and actor (d.1970 in the United States)
- November 5 â Harold Innis, professor of political economy and author (d.1952)
- November 13 â James Allan, politician (d.1992)
- November 26 â James Charles McGuigan, Cardinal (d.1974)
- December 13 â Chester Ronning, diplomat and politician (d.1984)
Deaths
- March 19 â John Langton, businessman, political figure and civil servant (b.1808)
- April 16 â Joseph-Charles Taché, a Canadian noted for his contributions to many aspects of the fabric of Canada (b.1820)
- May 27 â Francis Godschall Johnson, politician (b.1817)
- June 22 â Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, author and Archbishop (b.1823)
- September 5 â James Macleod, militia officer, lawyer, police officer, magistrate, judge and politician (b.1836)
- September 14 â Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, lawyer, businessman and politician (b.1808)
- September 15 â Philip Carteret Hill, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1821)
- October 4 - Stephen Richards, politician, Ontario MPP, and Provincial Secretary (b. 1820)
- October 30 â Honoré Mercier, lawyer, journalist, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1840)
- November 28 â Patrick Leonard MacDougall, General and author (b.1819)
- November 29 â Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, Governor General (b.1819)
- December 12 â John Sparrow David Thompson, lawyer, judge, politician, university professor and 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1845)
Historical documents
Prime Minister John Thompson's invitation to his Imperial Privy Council swearing-in at Windsor Castle[4]
Prime Minister John Thompson's death at Windsor Castle, and Queen Victoria's response[5]
Ethnologist crashes Dogribs' three-week muskox hunt[6]
Chignecto Ship Railway would shorten voyages of eastern New Brunswick, P.E.I. and other shipping to U.S.A.[7]