1902 in Canada
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Events from the year 1902 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch â Edward VII[1]
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) (until 18 November) then Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Quebec)
- Parliament â 9th
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 Abner Reid McClelan (until January 28) then 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 James Dunsmuir (until November 21) then Edward 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 Arthur Peters
- Premier of Quebec â Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon â James Hamilton Ross (until February 8) then Henry W. Newlands (acting) (February 8 to August 15) then Zachary Taylor Wood (acting)
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Events
- February â The town of Crofton, British Columbia, is founded on Vancouver Island
- May 21 â 1902 Northwest Territories general election
- May 24 â The first Victoria Day is celebrated
- May 29 â 1902 Ontario general election: G. W. Ross's Liberals win a second consecutive majority. Margaret Haile runs as a candidate of the Canadian Socialist League in Toronto North, becoming the first woman ever to stand in a provincial election.
- May 31 â The Second Boer War ends
- July 1 â Ray Knight stages the first Raymond Stampede in Raymond, Alberta. This was the first use of the word stampede in the name of a rodeo. The Raymond Stampede is now Canada's oldest rodeo
- August 9 â Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom and of Canada.
- October 10 â Altona schoolhouse shooting
- October 20 â The first train enters Edmonton, by way of the Canadian Northern's Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway across the Low Level Bridge
- November 21 â Edward Prior becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing James Dunsmuir
- December 15 â The first transatlantic radio press report is filed from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
- The first ascent of Mount Forbes by James Outram and party
Arts and literature
- The first symphony orchestra in Canada begins in Quebec City.
- The first movie theatre in Canada opens in Vancouver
Births
January to June
- January 22 â Jean-Paul Beaulieu, politician and chartered accountant (d.1976)
- February 17 â Howard O'Hagan, writer
- April 14 â Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1976)
- April 20 â Elizabeth Goudie, writer (d.1982)
- May 24 â Sylvia Daoust, sculptor (d.2004)
- June 17 â Anna Hilliard, doctor
- June 19 â Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist (d.1977)
- June 21 â Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (d.1937)
July to December
- July 15 â Donald Creighton, historian (d.1979)
- July 30 â Dorise Nielsen, politician (d.1980)
- August 10 â Norma Shearer, Academy Award-winning actress (d.1983)
- September 2 â Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (d.1973)
- November 8 â A. J. M. Smith, poet (d.1980)
- November 21 â Foster Hewitt, radio pioneer (d.1985)
- December 29 â Nels Stewart, ice hockey player (d.1957)
Deaths
- February 12 â Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada (b.1826)
- February 19 â Richard Maurice Bucke, psychiatrist (b.1837)
- August 5 â Thomas Christie, physician, professor and politician (b.1834)
- August 10 â James McMillan, United States Senator from Michigan from 1889 until 1902. (b.1838)
- October 31 â John A. Dawson, politician (b.1826)