1895 in Canada
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Events from the year 1895 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Edgar Dewdney
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â John Christian Schultz (until September 2) then James Colebrooke Patterson
- 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 George William Howlan
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â Theodore Davie (until March 4) then John Herbert Turner
- 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
- March â Maria Grant is the first woman in Canada to be elected to any office. She served six years on the Victoria School Board and was presented to the future George V as the only woman elected as a school trustee in Canada.
- March 2 â Theodore Davie resigns as premier of British Columbia
- March 4 â John Herbert Turner becomes premier of British Columbia
- April 16 â The town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, is incorporated.
- April 24 â Jean-Olivier Chénier Monument unveiled
- July 1 â Maisonneuve Monument unveiled
- October 2 â Additional provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established: the districts of Ungava, Mackenzie, Yukon, and Franklin. The districts of Keewatin and Athabaska are enlarged so that all points of Canada are either within a province or a district.
- The Chinese Board of Trade is formed in Vancouver
- First ascent of Mount Hector in Banff National Park.[2]
Sport
- March 9 â The Montreal Hockey Club wins their second Stanley Cup by defeating Queen's University 5 goals to 1 at Montreal's Victoria Rink
Births
January to June
- February 1 â Conn Smythe, ice hockey manager and owner (d.1980)
- February 15 â Earl Thomson, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.1971)
- March 23 â John Robert Cartwright, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d.1979)
- April 30 â Philippe Panneton, physician, academic, diplomat and writer (d.1960)
- May 12 â William Giauque, chemist and Nobel laureate (d.1982)
- May 27 â Douglas Lloyd Campbell, politician and 13th Premier of Manitoba (d.1995)
July to December
- July 5 â Frederic McGrand, physician and politician (d. 1988)
- July 7 â Thane Campbell, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1978)
- July 29 â Albert A. Brown, politician and lawyer (d.1971)
- September 7 â Pete Parker, radio announcer (d.1991)
- September 18 â John Diefenbaker, politician and 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1979)
- September 20 â Leslie Frost, politician and 16th Premier of Ontario (d.1973)
- November 5 â Howard Charles Green, politician and Minister (d.1989)
- December 1 â Edwin Hansford, politician (d.1959)
Deaths
- January 17 â Joseph Tassé, politician (b.1848)
- January 28 â Camille Lefebvre (b.1831)
- April 4 â Malcolm Alexander MacLean, 1st Mayor of Vancouver (b.1842)
- August 4 â Louis-Antoine Dessaulles, seigneur, journalist and politician (b.1818)
- September 4 â Antoine Plamondon, artist (b.1804)
- September 11 â Thomas Heath Haviland, politician (b.1822)
- September 15 â Hector Berthelot, lawyer, journalist and publisher (b.1842)
