1884 in Canada
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Years in Canada: | 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 |
Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s |
Years: | 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 |
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Events from the year 1884 in Canada.
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Incumbents[edit]
Crown[edit]
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Victoria (consort – Vacant)
Federal government[edit]
- Governor general – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (viceregal consort – Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne)
- Prime minister – John A. Macdonald
Provincial governments[edit]
Lieutenant governors[edit]
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Clement Francis Cornwall
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Cox Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Robert Duncan Wilmot
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Matthew Henry Richey
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Beverley Robinson
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas H. Haviland (until July 18) then Andrew Archibald Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Théodore Robitaille (until October 4) then Louis-Rodrigue Masson
Premiers[edit]
- Premier of British Columbia – William Smithe
- Premier of Manitoba – John Norquay
- Premier of New Brunswick – Andrew George Blair
- Premier of Nova Scotia – William Thomas Pipes (until July 15) then William Stevens Fielding (from July 28)
- Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – William Wilfred Sullivan
- Premier of Quebec – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (until January 23) then John Jones Ross
Territorial governments[edit]
Lieutenant governors[edit]
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – James Cox Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Edgar Dewdney
Events[edit]
- January 2 - "Humber Railway Disaster" 32 men and boys were killed upon the head-on collision of a Grand Trunk Railway commuter train with an unscheduled freight train #42C near Toronto, Ontario. Most of the dead were workers being transported on the freight train to the Ontario Bolt Works in Swansea.
- January 10 - David Scott elected as the first mayor of Regina
- January 17 - The Parliament Building's new electric lights were turned on, for the first time.[1]
- January 23 - John Jones Ross becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Joseph-Alfred Mousseau.
- July 28 - William Fielding becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Pipes.
- September 15 - The Nile Voyageurs depart for Africa
- October 15 - The La Presse newspaper is founded
- Canadian Parliament passes the Indian Advancement Act, encouraging democratic elections of chiefs. Mohawks at St. Regis, Ontario, resist the provision, preferring their traditional method of choosing leaders.
Births[edit]
January to June[edit]
- February 10 - Rork Scott Ferguson, politician (d.unknown)
- February 18 - Andrew Watson Myles, politician (d.1970)
- April 6 - Walter Huston, actor (d.1950)
- April 12 - Maurice Brasset, politician and lawyer (d.1971)
- April 30 - Murdoch Mackay, politician (d.1963)
- May 1 - Henry Norwest, sniper in World War I (d.1918)
- June 11 - William George Bock, politician (d.1973)
July to December[edit]
- July 25 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist (d.1934)
- August 27 - John Edward Brownlee, politician and 5th Premier of Alberta (d.1961)
- September 2 - Angus MacInnis, politician (d.1964)
- September 27 - Silby Barrett, labour leader
- December 15 - James Macdonnell, soldier, lawyer and politician (d.1973)
Deaths[edit]
- January 14 - Pierre-Eustache Dostaler, farmer and politician (b.1809)
- January 31 - Charles Dewey Day, lawyer, judge and politician (b.1806)
- February 20 - Abram William Lauder, lawyer and politician (b.1834)
Full date unknown[edit]
- John Ferris, businessman, explorer and politician (b.1811)
References[edit]
- ^ "The House of Commons Heritage Collection". parl.gc.ca. March 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
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