1900 in Canada

1900 in Canada

"See also:"
1899 in Canada,
other events of 1900,
1901 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* January 8: Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway
* February 18–February 27: Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeberg
* February 27: Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia
* February 28: Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia
* March 16: Boer War: Lord Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa
* April 26: Two-thirds of Hull, Quebec, is destroyed in a fire.
* June 15: James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin
* August 31: Lemuel John Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson
* October 8: Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Félix-Gabriel Marchand
* October 29: Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald
* November 7: Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
* November 7: Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins. Three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement.
* December 6: Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America.
* The federal government doubles the head tax on Chinese immigrants
* The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time

Births

* January 8: Solon Earl Low, politician
* February 20: Graham Spry, journalist
* March 12: David Croll, politician
* April 19: Roland Michener, Governor-General of Canada
* May 25: Alain Grandbois, poet
* May 25: Malcolm Norris, Métis leader
* May 29: Antonio Talbot, Quebec politician
* June 3: Gordon Sinclair, journalist
* June 21: Edward (Ted) Rogers, inventor and radio pioneer
* August 13: Gordon Sparling, filmmaker
* September 6: W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of BC
* November 20: Athole Shearer, actor
* Harry Cassidy, academic

Deaths

* Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter and first president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art
* December 21 - Désiré Olivier Bourbeau, politician


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