1870 in Canada
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Events from the year 1870 in Canada
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Events
- June-July - The 1870 New Brunswick electionNew Brunswick general election, 1870The 2nd New Brunswick general election was held in June and July 1870, to elect 41 members to the 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...
- September 16 - Alfred BoydAlfred BoydAlfred Boyd was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is usually considered to have been the first Premier of Manitoba , but he was not recognized by that title at the time and was not the real leader of the government. He is more correctly referred to as the first Provincial Secretary of Manitoba...
becomes its first premier of ManitobaPremier of ManitobaThe Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...
. - December 27 - The 1870 Manitoba electionManitoba general election, 1870Manitobas first general election resulted in a victory for Lieutenant Governor Adams George Archibald's governing coalition...
Births
- May 14 - Richard Langton BakerRichard Langton BakerRichard Langton Baker was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1925 as a Member of the historical Conservative Party in the riding of Toronto Northeast. He was defeated in the same riding in 1926, but, won again in 1930...
, politician (d.19511951 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George VI*Governor General – Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell...
) - May 21 - Leonard Percy de Wolfe TilleyLeonard Percy de Wolfe TilleyLeonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley was a New Brunswick lawyer, politician and the 21st Premier.Tilley was born in Ottawa, the son of Samuel Leonard Tilley, one of the Fathers of Confederation, and grew up there and in Fredericton. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick and then studied law...
, lawyer, politician and 20th Premier of New BrunswickPremier of New BrunswickThe Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
(d.19471947 in Canada-Events:*January 1 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect*January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests*February 13 - Oil is discovered near Leduc, Alberta...
) - June 18 - Howard FergusonHoward FergusonGeorge Howard Ferguson, PC was a Conservative politician and the ninth Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1923 to 1930.-Background:He was the son of Charles Frederick Ferguson who served in the Canadian House of Commons...
, politician and 9th Premier of OntarioPremier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...
(d.19461946 in Canada-Events:*January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti*May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.*May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan...
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- July 3 - R. B. BennettR. B. BennettRichard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935, during the worst of the Great Depression years...
, lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and 11th Prime Minister of CanadaPrime Minister of CanadaThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
(d.19471947 in Canada-Events:*January 1 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect*January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests*February 13 - Oil is discovered near Leduc, Alberta...
) - July 28 - Aubin-Edmond ArsenaultAubin-Edmond ArsenaultAubin-Edmond Arsenault was a Prince Edward Island politician. He was the 13th Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1917 to 1919....
, politician and Premier of Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
(d.19681968 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Roland Michener*Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson then Pierre Trudeau*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning then Harry Strom*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - July 29 - George DixonGeorge Dixon (boxer)George Dixon was the first black world boxing champion in any weight class, while also being the first ever Canadian-born boxing champion.George was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia...
, boxer, first black world boxing champion in any weight class and first Canadian-born boxing champion (d.19081908 in Canada-Incumbents:*Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier*Governor General: Earl Grey*Premier of Alberta: Alexander Rutherford*Premier of British Columbia: Richard McBride*Premier of Manitoba: R.P. Roblin*Premier of New Brunswick: Clifford Robinson then John Hazen...
) - September 7 - James TompkinsJames TompkinsFather Jimmy Tompkins was a Roman Catholic priest who founded the Antigonish Movement, a progressive effort that incorporated adult education, cooperatives and rural community development to aid the fishing and mining communities of northern and eastern Nova Scotia, Canada...
, priest and educator (d.19531953 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - October 16 - Wallace Rupert TurnbullWallace Rupert TurnbullWallace Rupert Turnbull was a New Brunswick engineer and inventor, born on October 16, 1870 in Saint John, NB. The Saint John Airport was briefly named after him. He died November 24, 1954...
, engineer and inventor (d.19541954 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - November 10 - Harlan Carey BrewsterHarlan Carey BrewsterHarlan Carey Brewster was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Brewster arrived in British Columbia in 1893, and had various careers working on a ship and then in a cannery. He eventually became owner of his own canning company...
, politician and Premier of British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
(d.19181918 in Canada-Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...
) - December 15 - Richard McBrideRichard McBrideSir Richard McBride, KCMG was a British Columbian politician and is often considered the founder of the British Columbia Conservative Party. McBride was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 1898 election, and served in the cabinet of James Dunsmuir from 1900 to 1901...
, politician and Premier of British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
(d.19171917 in Canada-January to June:*February 1 - James Alexander Murray becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George Johnson Clarke*April 4 - Walter Foster becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Murray*April 9 - April 14 - Battle of Vimy Ridge....
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- Thomas Langton ChurchThomas Langton ChurchThomas Langton "Tommy" Church was a Canadian politician.After serving as Mayor of Toronto from 1915 to 1921, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1921 election as a Conservative from the riding of Toronto North...
, politician and Mayor of TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
(d.19501950 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: King George VI*Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell...
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Deaths
- February 6 - William MacBean George ColebrookeWilliam MacBean George ColebrookeSir William MacBean George Colebrooke was a career soldier and colonial administrator who became lieutenant governor of New Brunswick in 1841.- External links :*...
, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (b.17871787 in Canada-Events:*HBC David Thompson wintered with Piegans on Bow River.*Prince William Henry lands at Quebec.*At an investigation into judicial abuses, it is stated that one judge takes wine to excess, before taking his seat on the Bench; and that another habitually disregards the pertinent French law and...
) - March 31 - Thomas CookeThomas Cooke (bishop)Thomas Cooke was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and the first Bishop of Trois Rivières from 1852 to 1870.-References:* at Catholic-Hierarchy...
, missionary, and the first Bishop of Trois RivièresRoman Catholic Diocese of Trois RivièresThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois Rivières is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Québec.-Ordinaries:*Thomas Cooke *Louis-François Richer dit Laflèche *François-Xavier Cloutier...
(b.17921792 in Canada-Events:* Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov.* Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the British Columbia Coast....
) - August 7 - François Lesieur DesaulniersFrançois Lesieur DesaulniersFrançois Lesieur Desaulniers was a Quebec farmer and political figure.He was born in Yamachiche in 1785. He served as lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. In 1805, he married Charlotte, the daughter of Augustin Rivard, who represented Saint-Maurice in the legislative assembly from 1792 to 1796...
, farmer and political figure (b.17851785 in Canada-Events:* Introduction of Power loom in England for weaving cloth* North West Company Strengthened far west trade through such forts as Athabasca and English River.* May 18: The city of Saint John, New Brunswick is incorporated....
) - October 13 - Charles-François BaillargeonCharles-François BaillargeonCharles-François Baillargeon was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.He was from Lower Canada and studied at the Collège de Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Collège de Nicolet followed by four years of theology at Quebec where his choice of the priesthood was confirmed...
, Archbishops of Quebec (b.17981798 in Canada-Events:*David Thompson travels to Mandan villages and charts headwaters of Mississippi River*A new fur trading company is formed to compete with the North West Company...
) - October 25 - Etienne-Michel FaillonEtienne-Michel FaillonEtienne-Michel Faillon was a Catholic historian.Faillon was born in Tarascon, France. He studied in Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, joined the Sulpicians , and was ordained priest in 1824...
, Catholic historian (b.18001800 in Canada-Events:* Spain cedes Louisiana back to France.* Alexander Mackenzie, the explorer, joins XY Fur Company* May 30 - Bar of Quebec is founded-Births:*January 3 - Etienne-Michel Faillon, Catholic historian...
) - December 23 - Théophile HamelThéophile HamelThéophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...
, painter (b.18171817 in Canada-Events:* February 4 - Francois Page petitions for monopoly of navigation of Lower Canadian Rivers, by an invention of which he produces a model.* February 18 - Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence....
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- Thomas ScottThomas Scott (Orangeman)Thomas Scott was an Irish-born Canadian executed by firing squad on March 4, 1870, for plotting against the Provisional Government of the Red River Settlement and its Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia...
, Orangemen (b.18421842 in CanadaSee also:1841 in Canada,other events of 1842,1843 in Canada.----Events from the year 1842 in Canada.-Events:*January 10 - Governor General of Canada Sir Charles Bagot arrives at Kingston, Ontario.*January 12 - The Islander is founded...
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