1900 in Canada

none April 2026 January 2020 1900 Events from the year 1900 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – VictoriaQueen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 5 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) Parliament – 8th (until 9 October) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Robert McInnes (until June 21) then Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Colebrooke Patterson (until October 10) then Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Malachy Bowes Daly (until July 26) then 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 – Charles Augustus Semlin (until February 28) then Joseph Martin (February 28 to June 15) then Edward Gawler Prior Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway (until January 10) then Hugh John Macdonald (January 10 to October 29) then Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Henry Emmerson (until August 31) then Lemuel John Tweedie Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – George William Ross Premier of Prince Edward Island – Donald Farquharson Premier of Quebec – Félix-Gabriel Marchand (until October 8) then Simon-Napoléon Parent Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – William Ogilvie Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – James Colebrooke Patterson (until October 10) then Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget Premiers Premier of North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain Events January to June January 8 – Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway. February 18 – February 27 – Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeberg. February 27 – Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia. February 28 – Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia. March 16 – Boer War: Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa. thumb|Hull fire on April 26, 1900. April 26 – Two-thirds of Hull, Quebec, is destroyed in a fire. June 15 – James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin. July to December August 31 – Lemuel John Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson. September 25 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Premier of Quebec, dies in office. October 8 – Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec. October 29 – Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald. November 7 Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority.GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS SINCE 1867 https://www.ourcommons.ca/marleaumontpetit/DocumentViewer.aspx?DocId=1001&Language=E&Sec=Ch25&Seq=11 4 March 2024 Parliament of Canada Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins. Three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement. December 6 – Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America. Full date unknown The federal government doubles the head tax on Chinese immigrants The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time Births January to June January 1 – Sam Berger, lawyer, businessman and football player (d.1992) January 8 Harry Cassidy, academic, social reformer and civil servant (d.1951) Solon Earl Low, politician (d.1962) February 20 – Graham Spry, broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist (d.1983) March 12 – David Croll, politician (d.1991) April 3 – Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958) April 19 – Roland Michener, lawyer, politician, diplomat and Governor-General of Canada (d.1991) April 30 – David Manners, actor (d.1998) May 25 – Alain Grandbois, poet (d.1975) thumb|right|100px|John Babcock in 1920 May 25 – Malcolm Norris, Métis leader (d.1967) May 29 – Antonio Talbot, politician (d.1980) June 3 – Gordon Sinclair, journalist, writer and commentator (d.1984) June 21 – Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (d.1939) July to December July 6 – Paul Métivier, World War I veteran (d. 2004) July 23 – John Babcock, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran (d.2010) August 13 – Gordon Sparling, filmmaker (d.1994) August 23 – Frances Adaskin, pianist (d. 2001)https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frances-marr-adaskin-emc Frances Marr Adaskin King Betty N. July 8, 2007 The Canadian Encyclopedia https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064437/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/frances-marr-adaskin-emc/ March 4, 2016 October 23, 2017 August 31 – James Campbell Clouston, naval officer (d.1940 in Dunkirk evacuation) September 6 – W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia (d.1979) October 2 – Rod Keller, general (d. 1954)https://generals.dk/general/Keller/Rodney_Frederick_Leopold/Canada.html Keller, Rodney Frederick Leopold generals.dk 30 December 2023 November 20 – Athole Shearer, actress (d.1985) November 27 – Jovette Bernier, journalist, author and radio show host (d.1981)Encyclopedia of literature in Canada 2002 University of Toronto Press New, William Herbert 978-0802007612 Toronto, Ont. 105 244767732 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofli0000unse/page/105 November 28 – Mary Bothwell, classical vocalist and painter (d. mid-1970s)http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-bothwell-emc/ Mary Bothwell July 2007 The Canadian Encyclopedia https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080951/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-bothwell-emc/ March 4, 2016 October 23, 2017 Deaths February 25 – Benjamin Pâquet, Roman Catholic priest and educationist (b.1832) March 1 – Frederick Carter, Premier of Newfoundland (b.1819) March 20 – George Hope Bertram, politician (b. 1847) August 4 – Marc-Aurèle Plamondon, lawyer, journalist, publisher, and judge (b.1823) August 11 – Georges-Isidore Barthe, lawyer, publisher, journalist and politician (b.1834) September 25 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author, notary, politician and 11th Premier of Quebec (b.1832) December 21 – Désiré Olivier Bourbeau, politician and merchant (b.1834) References 1900 in Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Canada Category:1900 in North America