1874 in Canada
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- January 22 - Federal electionCanadian federal election, 1874The Canadian federal election of 1874 was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 3rd Parliament of Canada. Sir John A...
: Alexander MackenzieAlexander MackenzieAlexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...
's LiberalsLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
win a majorityMajorityA majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset; i.e. a plurality is not necessarily a majority as the largest subset may consist of less than half the group's population...
, defeating J. A. Macdonald's Liberal-Conservatives - February 11 - George Walkem becomes premier of British ColumbiaPremier of British ColumbiaThe Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
, replacing Amor De CosmosAmor De CosmosAmor De Cosmos was a Canadian journalist, publisher and politician. He served as the second Premier of British Columbia.-Early life:... - April 16 - Louis RielLouis RielLouis David Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A....
is barred from taking his seat in the House of Commons. - May 29 - The Liberals introduce electoral reform that introduces the secret ballotSecret ballotThe secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...
and abolishes property qualifications< - June-July - New Brunswick electionNew Brunswick general election, 1874The 3rd New Brunswick general election was held in May and June 1874, to elect 41 members to the 23rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...
- July 8 - Marc-Amable GirardMarc-Amable GirardMarc-Amable Girard was the second Premier of the Western Canadian province of Manitoba, and the first Franco-Manitoban to hold that post. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide lists Girard as having been Premier from 1871 to 1872, but he did not have this title at the time and was not the government...
becomes 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...
for the second time, replacing Henry Joseph ClarkeHenry Joseph ClarkeHenry Joseph Clarke , who sometimes used the middle names Hynes and O'Connell, was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada.... - July 26 - Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, OntarioBrantford, OntarioBrantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...
. - September 22 - Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of QuebecPremier of QuebecThe Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....
, replacing Gédéon OuimetGédéon OuimetGédéon Ouimet was a French-Canadian politician.Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the second Premier of the province of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the Quebec Conservatives in 1874. He died in... - October 1 - The North-West Mounted Police base at Fort Macleod is founded
- December 3 - Robert DavisRobert Atkinson DavisRobert Atkinson Davis was a businessman and Manitoba politician who served as the fourth Premier of Manitoba....
becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable GirardMarc-Amable GirardMarc-Amable Girard was the second Premier of the Western Canadian province of Manitoba, and the first Franco-Manitoban to hold that post. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide lists Girard as having been Premier from 1871 to 1872, but he did not have this title at the time and was not the government...
. - December 17 - Nova Scotia electionNova Scotia general election, 1874The 3rd Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 December 1874 to elect members of the 26th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party....
: Philip Carteret HillPhilip Carteret HillPhilip Carteret Hill was a Nova Scotia politician. Born in Halifax, he was mayor of Halifax from 1861 to 1864 before entering provincial politics as a supporter of Canadian confederation in 1867 serving as Provincial Secretary in the Conservative cabinet of Hiram Blanchard but lost his seat in the...
's LiberalsLiberal Party of Nova ScotiaThe Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Origins:The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government...
win a second consecutive majorityMajorityA majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset; i.e. a plurality is not necessarily a majority as the largest subset may consist of less than half the group's population... - December 30 - Manitoba electionManitoba general election, 1874This was the second Manitoba general election and was held on December 30, 1874.Persons elected:...
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- AnabaptistAnabaptistAnabaptists are Protestant Christians of the Radical Reformation of 16th-century Europe, and their direct descendants, particularly the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites....
s (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies. - The federal Liberal government grants provisional boundaries to Ontario that extend the province to the north and west. These provisional boundaries will not be recognized by the federal Conservatives when they return to power.
- Newfoundland electionNewfoundland general election, 1874The 13th Newfoundland general election was held in 1874 to elect members of the 12th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Conservative Party led by Frederick Carter formed the government.-Results by party:-Elected members:...
January to June
- January 15 - James David StewartJames David StewartJames David Stewart was a Prince Edward Island educator, lawyer and politician, the province's 15th Premier....
, educator, lawyer, 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.19331933 in Canada-Events:* April 7 - Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.* August 16 - A race riot occurs at Christie Pits in Toronto.* November 11 - The magnitude 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake occurs at Baffin Bay, Nunavut....
) - January 16 - Robert W. ServiceRobert W. ServiceRobert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon".Service is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough...
, poet and writer (d.19581958 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey then Georges Vanier*Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - January 29 - Frank BoyesFrank BoyesFrank Boyes was a Canadian politician and cheese maker. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Conservative Party in 1930 to represent the riding of Middlesex East. He was defeated in the 1935 election. He also served for three years as reeve of North Dorchester, Ontario....
, politician (d.19611961 in Canada- Incumbents :* Monarch: Elizabeth II* Governor General: Georges Vanier* Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker* Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning* Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...
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- February 10 - Walter Lea, 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.19361936 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI*Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister: Mackenzie King*Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King*Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie...
) - April 14 - Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of AthloneAlexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of AthloneMajor-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone , was a close relative of the shared British and Canadian royal family, as well as a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the...
, 16th Governor General of CanadaGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
(d.19571957 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent then John Diefenbaker*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - June 16 - Arthur MeighenArthur MeighenArthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
, politician and 9th 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.19601960 in Canada-Incumbents:* Monarch: Elizabeth II* Governor General: Georges Vanier* Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker* Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning* Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...
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July to December
- July 13 - Norman Dawes, businessman
- July 29 - J. S. WoodsworthJ. S. WoodsworthJames Shaver Woodsworth was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. Following more than two decades ministering to the poor and the working class, J. S...
, politician (d.19421942 in Canada-Events:* January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec* February 26 - Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.* April 27 - A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription...
) - October 1 - Arthur SauvéArthur SauvéArthur Sauvé, PC was born in Saint-Hermas .The Legislative Assembly of Quebec member for Deux-Montagnes from 1908 to 1930, he was leader of the Quebec Conservative Party but never premier...
, politician (d.19441944 in Canada-Events:*March 20 - Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of the Canadian Army*June 6 - World War II: The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part of the Invasion of Normandy...
) - October 10 - Roland Fairbairn McWilliamsRoland Fairbairn McWilliamsRoland Fairbairn McWilliams was a Canadian politician and office-holder. He served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1940 to 1953....
, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
(d.19571957 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent then John Diefenbaker*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - October 12 - Albert Charles SaundersAlbert Charles SaundersAlbert Charles Saunders was a Canadian politician and jurist from Prince Edward Island.Saunders served as mayor of Summerside for four terms...
, jurist, 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.19431943 in Canada-Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...
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- October 25 - Philémon CousineauPhilémon CousineauPhilémon Cousineau was a Canadian politician born in Saint-Laurent . He was mayor of St-Laurent from 1905 to 1909, and Quebec Conservative Party leader from 1915 to 1916. He resigned following his defeat in the 1916 Quebec provincial election in the riding of Jacques-Cartier which he was the...
, politician (d.19591959 in Canada-Incumbents:* Monarch—Elizabeth II* Governor General—Georges Vanier* Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker* Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning* Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - November 30 - Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery OBE , called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success...
, author (d.19421942 in Canada-Events:* January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec* February 26 - Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.* April 27 - A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription...
) - December 17 - William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
, lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, politician and 10th 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.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 8 - Joseph-Bruno GuiguesJoseph-Bruno GuiguesJoseph-Bruno Guigues, , was an Oblate priest, a teacher and became the first bishop of the diocese of Bytown serving from...
, first bishop of the diocese of Bytown (Ottawa)Roman Catholic Archdiocese of OttawaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and the Timmins. It is currently led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast....
(b.18051805 in Canada-Events:* January 29 - 4th Parliament of Lower Canada session starts, ends April 27, 1808* February 1 - 4th Parliament of Upper Canada session starts, ends May 21, 1808* 100th Regiment of Foot arrives in Nova Scotia...
) - March 9 - Joseph CasavantJoseph CasavantJoseph Casavant was a French Canadian manufacturer of pipe organs.Originally a blacksmith, Casavant gave up his trade at age 27 to pursue classical studies. He happened upon a 1766 treatise by Dom Bédos de Celles on organ building, called L'Art du Facteur d'Orgues, which he subsequently used to...
, manufacturer of pipe organs (b.18071807 in Canada-Events:* The slave trade is abolished in the British Empire, although slavery continues in the colonies.* The Embargo Act aims at keeping US ships out of European conflicts.* David Thompson crosses Rockies and builds a trading post at headwaters of Columbia River...
) - June 18 - Edwin AtwaterEdwin AtwaterEdwin Atwater was a Canadian businessperson, corporate director and municipal politician in Montreal....
, businessperson and municipal politician (b.18081808 in Canada-Events:* David Thompson explores Kootenay River.* Simon Fraser follows Fraser River to the Pacific.* The American Fur Company is chartered by John Jacob Astor to compete with Canadian fur trade...
) - August 3 - Charles LabergeCharles LabergeCharles Laberge was a Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure.He was born in Montreal, Lower Canada in 1827 and studied at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe. During his time in school, he helped found the Institut canadien de Montréal. He articled in law with René-Auguste-Richard Hubert at...
, lawyer, journalist and politician (b.18271827 in CanadaSee also:1826 in Canada,other events of 1827,1828 in Canada.----Events from the year 1827 in Canada.-Events:*March 15 - The University of Toronto is chartered*First temperance society in Canada formed in Montreal...
) - December 17 - Hiram BlanchardHiram BlanchardHiram Blanchard was a Nova Scotia lawyer, politician, and the first Premier of the province of Nova Scotia. Blanchard won election to the Nova Scotia legislative assembly in Inverness in 1859 as a Liberal....
, Premier of Nova Scotia (b.18201820 in Canada-Events:* June 18 - The Governor, Earl of Dalhousie, arrives.-Full date unknown:* Creation of the municipality of Prescott and Russell in Upper Canada .* William Lyon Mackenzie emigrates to Canada.-Births:...
) - December 22 - Étienne ParentÉtienne ParentÉtienne Parent was a Canadian journalist and government official.He was editor of the newspaper Le Canadien and, as such, supported French Canadian journalism and writing...
, journalist (b.18021802 in Canada-Events:* The Tlingit start resisting Russian incursions into their territory.* First Nations massacre Russians at Old Sitka; only a few survive.* Alexander Mackenzie is knighted for his efforts in 1802 and becomes a member of the XY Company....
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