1879 in Canada

1879 in Canada

"See also:"
1878 in Canada,
other events of 1879,
1880 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* March 12 - Sir John A. Macdonald introduces protective tariffs on manufactured goods being imported into Canada, a transcontinental railway, and immigration to the west in his National Policy.
* April 25 - Sir William Wilfred Sullivan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Sir Louis Davies
* June 5 - Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
* October 31 - Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Henri-Gustave de Lotbinière

Births

* January 15 - Mazo de la Roche, author
* January 17 - Richard G. Reid, Premier of Alberta
* January 25 - Humphrey T. Walwyn, Governor of Newfoundland
* February 14 - Eli Burton, physicist
* March 20 - Maud Menten, scientist
* May 25 - Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook), businessman
* June 12 - Charles D. Richards, Premier of New Brunswick
* August 1 - Eva Tanguay, singer
* August 16 - Samuel Lawrence, labour leader
* October 6 - James Langstaff Bowman, politician
* October 9 - William Warren, Prime Minister of Newfoundland
* November 3 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson, explorer
* November 11 - Violet McNaughton, feminist
* November 25 - Joseph-Arsène Bonnier, politician
* December 24 - Émile Nelligan, poet

Deaths


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