1902 in Canada

none April 2026 January 2020 1902 Events from the year 1902 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – Edward VIITidridge Nathan Canada's Constitutional Monarchy 15 November 2011 Dundurn 978-1-55488-980-8 235 https://books.google.com/books?id=KAvtMxqSDncC&pg=PA235 en Federal government Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) (until 18 November) then Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Quebec) Parliament – 9th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Abner Reid McClelan (until January 28) then Jabez Bunting Snowball Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté Premiers Premier of British Columbia – James Dunsmuir (until November 21) then Edward Prior Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – George William Ross Premier of Prince Edward Island – Arthur Peters Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – James Hamilton Ross (until February 8) then Henry W. Newlands (acting) (February 8 to August 15) then Zachary Taylor Wood (acting) Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget Premiers Premier of the North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain Events February – The town of Crofton, British Columbia, is founded on Vancouver Island May 21 – 1902 Northwest Territories general election May 24 – The first Victoria Day is celebrated May 29 – 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 – The Second Boer War ends July 1 – 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 – Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom and of Canada. October 10 – Altona schoolhouse shooting October 20 – The first train enters Edmonton, by way of the Canadian Northern's Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway across the Low Level Bridge November 21 – Edward Prior becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing James Dunsmuir December 15 – 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 – Jean-Paul Beaulieu, politician and chartered accountant (d.1976) February 17 – Howard O'Hagan, writer (d.1982) April 14 – Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1976) April 20 – Elizabeth Goudie, writer (d.1982) May 24 – Sylvia Daoust, sculptor (d.2004) June 17 – Anna Hilliard, doctor June 19 – Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist (d.1977) June 21 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (d.1937) July to December July 15 – Donald Creighton, historian (d.1979) July 30 – Dorise Nielsen, politician (d.1980) August 10 – Norma Shearer, Academy Award-winning actress (d.1983) September 2 – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (d.1973) November 8 – A. J. M. Smith, poet (d.1980) November 21 – Foster Hewitt, radio pioneer (d.1985) December 29 – Nels Stewart, ice hockey player (d.1957) Deaths February 12 – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada (b.1826) February 19 – Richard Maurice Bucke, psychiatrist (b.1837) August 5 – Thomas Christie, physician, professor and politician (b.1834) August 10 – James McMillan, United States Senator from Michigan from 1889 until 1902. (b.1838) October 31 – John A. Dawson, politician (b.1826) References 2 1902 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Canada