1891 in Canada

Events from the year 1891 in Canada.

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Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald lying in state in the Senate Chamber

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 8 - Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald lies in state in the Senate Chamber
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

January 6 - Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (d.1973)
January 26 - Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon (d.1976)
April 1 - Harry Nixon, politician and 13th Premier of Ontario (d.1961)
May 3 - Thomas John Bentley, politician (d.1983)
June 13 - Hervé-Edgar Brunelle, politician and lawyer (d.1950)

July 12 - Adhémar Raynault, politician and Mayor of Montreal (d.1984)
August 30 - Elmer Jamieson, educator
September 16 - Julie Winnefred Bertrand, supercentenarian, oldest living Canadian and oldest verified living recognized woman at the time of her death (d.2007)
October 30 - Ada Mackenzie, golfer
November 14 - Frederick Banting, medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate (d.1941)
December 10 - Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander and Governor General of Canada (d.1969)
December 25 - William Ross Macdonald, politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1976)

John A. Macdonald

January 4 - Antoine Labelle, priest and settler (b.1833)
January 21 - Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (b.1842)
May 31 - Antoine-Aimé Dorion, politician and jurist (b.1818)
June 6 - John A. Macdonald, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b.1815)