1884 in Canada
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Events from the year 1884 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 2 - "Humber Railway Disaster" 32 men and boys were killed upon the head on collision of a Grand Trunk Railway commuter train with an unscheduled freight train #42C near Toronto, Ontario. Most of the dead were workers being transported on the freight train to the Ontario Bolt Works in Swansea.
- January 10 - David Scott elected as the first mayor of Regina
- January 17 - The Parliament Building's new electric lights were turned on, for the first time.[1]
- January 23 - John Jones Ross becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Joseph-Alfred Mousseau.
- July 28 - William Fielding becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Pipes.
- September 15 - The Nile Voyageurs depart for Africa
- October 15 - The La Presse newspaper is founded
- Canadian Parliament passes the Indian Advancement Act, encouraging democratic elections of chiefs. Mohawks at St. Regis, Ontario, resist the provision, preferring their traditional method of choosing leaders.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- February 10 - Rork Scott Ferguson, politician (d.unknown)
- February 18 - Andrew Watson Myles, politician (d.1970)
- April 6 - Walter Huston, actor (d.1950)
- April 12 - Maurice Brasset, politician and lawyer (d.1971)
- April 30 - Murdoch Mackay, politician (d.1963)
- May 1 - Henry Norwest, sniper in World War I (d.1918)
- June 11 - William George Bock, politician (d.1973)
[edit] July to December
- July 25 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist (d.1934)
- August 27 - John Edward Brownlee, politician and 5th Premier of Alberta (d.1961)
- September 2 - Angus MacInnis, politician (d.1964)
- September 27 - Silby Barrett, labour leader
- December 15 - James MacDonnell, soldier, lawyer and politician (d.1973)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Pierre-Eustache Dostaler, farmer and politician (b.1809)
- January 31 - Charles Dewey Day, lawyer, judge and politician (b.1806)
- February 20 - Abram William Lauder, lawyer and politician (b.1834)
[edit] Full date unknown
- John Ferris, businessman, explorer and politician (b.1811)
[edit] References
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- ^ "The House of Commons Heritage Collection". parl.gc.ca. March 2011. http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/House/Collections/collection_profiles/CP_electrification-e.htm. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
