1901 in Canada
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Events from the year 1901 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch â Victoria (until January 22),[1] then Edward VII[2]
Federal government
- Governor General â Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
- Prime Minister â Wilfrid Laurier
- Chief Justice â Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario)
- Parliament â 9th (from 6 February)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Jabez Bunting Snowball
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Alfred Gilpin Jones
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Oliver Mowat
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Peter Adolphus McIntyre
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Louis-Amable Jetté
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â Edward Gawler Prior
- Premier of Manitoba â Rodmond Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick â Lemuel John Tweedie
- Premier of Nova Scotia â George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario â George William Ross
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â Donald Farquharson (until December 29) then Arthur Peters
- Premier of Quebec â Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon â William Ogilvie (until March 11) then James Hamilton Ross
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Events
- January 22 â Death of Queen Victoria and accession of King Edward VII.
- September 16 â The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) arrive in Quebec City. They visit all provinces (except Prince Edward Island) and the districts of Assiniboia and Alberta in the North-West Territories. They also visit Newfoundland before leaving North America.
- December 12 â Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland.
- December 18 â The Territorial Grain Growers' Association is founded.
- December 29 â Arthur Peters becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Donald Farquharson.
- First ascent of Mount Assiniboine by James Outram's party.
- The 1901 Canadian census took place, having a large focus on the labour force, income, and wage class.[3]
Arts and literature
- March 22 â Gabrielle Roy, a prominent French Canadian author, was born. She would go on to become one of Canada's most celebrated writers.
- October 24 â Sheila Watson, a Canadian novelist and critic, was born. She is best known for her novel "The Double Hook".[4]
Births
January to June
- January 12 â Jack Humphrey, painter (d.1967)
- January 14 â Dana Porter, politician and jurist (d.1967)
- January 29 â E. P. Taylor, business tycoon and race horse breeder (d.1989)
- February 6 â Pat Harrington Sr., actor (d. 1965)
- March 4 â Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor (d.1986)
- March 25 â Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944 (d.1985)
- April 15 â Thomas Ricketts, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient in 1918 (d.1967)
- May 5 â Donald Buchanan Blue, politician
July to December
- July 15 â James Litterick, politician
- September 8 â Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1980)
- September 12 â Ben Blue, Canadian-born comedian, actor (d. 1975)[5]
- September 14 â George Carlyle Marler, politician, notary and philatelist (d.1981)
- September 15 â Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer
- September 22 â Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate (d.1997)
- October 14 â John Oates Bower, politician, businessman and executive (d.1981)
Full date unknown
- Maryon Pearson, wife of Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1989)
Deaths
- January 22 â Victoria, Queen of Canada, since 1867 (b.1819)
- March 2 â George Mercer Dawson, scientist and surveyor (b.1849)
- May 4 â John Jones Ross, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1831)
- May 7 â George Edwin King, jurist, politician and 2nd Premier of New Brunswick (b.1839)
- June 13 â Arthur Sturgis Hardy, lawyer, politician and 4th Premier of Ontario (b.1837)
- July 24 â George William Allan, politician and 11th Mayor of Toronto (b.1822)
- October 25 â Colin MacDougall, politician and lawyer (b.1834)