1902 in Canada

Events from the year 1902 in Canada. == Incumbents == === Crown === Monarch – Edward VII === 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 ==