- 1872 in Canada
"See also:"
1871 in Canada ,
other events of 1872,1873 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
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March 14 :Henry Joseph Clarke becomes premier [ [http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/main/history/premiers.htm Elections Manitoba] ] ofManitoba , replacingMarc-Amable Girard
*March 31 : The first issue of the "Toronto Mail ", which would later be merged into the "Globe and Mail ", is published
*May 15 : In the first nationwide labour protest, marchers across the land press for the nine-hour workday.
*June 22 : AGrand Trunk Railway express passenger train fromToronto toMontreal derails nearShannonville, Ontario , killing 34.
*June 25 :Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin becomesGovernor General of Canada
*July 20 :October 12 : In the 1872 federal election SirJohn A. Macdonald 's Conservatives are re-elected.
*October 15 : TheCanadian Pacific Railway Company is formed
*October 31 :Oliver Mowat becomes Premier ofOntario replaces the retiringEdward Blake
*December 23 :Amor De Cosmos becomes premier ofBritish Columbia , replacingJohn McCreight
*TheDominion Lands Act provides land to settlers for only a small fee
*The "Manitoba Free Press" is first published
*Simpson's founded
* ABritish Columbia law bans all Asian and First Nations peoples from voting.
* George King becomes premier ofNew Brunswick for the second time, replacingGeorge Hatheway
*Elijah McCoy , born in Colchester, Ontario, invents the first of his many devices to oil engines used on trains and in factories.
* The new Patent Act encourages import or licensing of technology and foreign patents by allowing legal use of patent in Canada if not registered in Canada within two years.
* An award of arbitration sets the final boundary between Canada and the United States in theGulf of Georgia and theStrait of Juan de Fuca , ending the San Juan boundary dispute.Births
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June 24 :Pierre-Ernest Boivin , politician
*August 25 :John Campbell Elliott , politician
*October 17 :Samuel Wickett , businessman
*October 26 :Alfred Edmond Bourgeois , politician
*November 10 :Frederick C. Alderdice , Prime Minister of Newfoundland.
*November 30 :John McCrae , poet
*December 23 :Charles Bélec , politicianDeaths
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