1891 in Canada

1891 in Canada

"See also:"
1890 in Canada,
other events of 1891,
1892 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* February 21: The first Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 125.
* March 5: Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
* April 27: Frederick Peters becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Neil McLeod
* June 6: Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald dies in office
*June 16: Sir John Abbott becomes prime minister following the death of Sir John A. Macdonald
* September 29: Thomas McGreevy is expelled from the House of Commons due to corruption.
* November 7: The election of the 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly
* December 10: The Canadian Pacific Railway is extended to Edmonton
* December 21: Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Honoré Mercier
* The Legislative Council of New Brunswick is abolished
* The Canadian Rugby Football Union is renamed the Canadian Rugby Union

Births

*January 6: Tim Buck, Communist leader
*January 26: Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon
*February 27: Samuel Bronfman, businessman
*April 1: Harry Nixon, Ontario politician
*May 3: Thomas John Bentley, politician
*June 13: Hervé-Edgar Brunelle, politician
*July 12: Adhémar Raynault, Mayor of Montreal
*August 30: Elmer Jamieson, educator
*October 30: Ada Mackenzie, golfer
*November 14: Frederick Banting, scientist
*December 25: William Ross Macdonald, politician
*December 31: Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General

Deaths

*January 4: Antoine Labelle, priest
*June 6: Sir John A. Macdonald, politician


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