1894 in Canada
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Events from the year 1894 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- February 20 - Manitoba Schools Question: The Supreme Court refuses to hear the appeal of Manitoba francophones.
- June 14 - Massey Hall opens in Toronto.
- June 26 - 1894 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a minority.
- September 3 - Labour Day celebrated for the first time in Canada.
- October 31 - The third election of North-West Legislative Assembly.
- December 12 - Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister, dies in office.
- December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes prime minister.
- Rondeau Provincial Park is established in southwestern Ontario
[edit] Arts and literature
- Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is founded.
[edit] Sport
- March 22 - Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa to win the first Stanley Cup challenge.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 3 - James Lorimer Ilsley, politician, Minister and jurist (d.1967)
- January 5 - Norman MacKenzie, author, lawyer, professor and Senator (d.1986)
- February 8 - Billy Bishop, First World War flying ace (d.1956)
- May 7 - George A. Drew, politician and 14th Premier of Ontario (d.1973)
- May 13 - William Earl Rowe, politician and 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1984)
- May 29 - Beatrice Lillie, comic actress (d.1989)
- June 4 - La Bolduc, singer and musician (d.1941)
- June 5 - Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur (d.1976)
[edit] July to December
- July 17 - Phillip Garratt, aviator
- July 24 - Theobald Butler Barrett, politician
- July 25 - Norman McLeod Rogers, lawyer, politician and Minister (d.1940)
- August - Gladys Porter, politician and first female Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia (d.1967)
- September 9 - Humphrey Mitchell, politician and trade unionist (d.1950)
- September 10 - H. H. Wrong, diplomat (d.1954)
- October 7 - Del Lord, film director and actor (d.1970)
- November 5 - Harold Innis, professor of political economy and author (d.1952)
- November 13 - James Allan, politician (d.1992)
- November 26 - James Charles McGuigan, Cardinal (d.1974)
- December 13 - Chester Ronning, diplomat and politician (d.1984)
[edit] Deaths
- March 19 - John Langton, businessman, political figure and civil servant (b.1808)
- June 22 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, author and Archbishop (b.1823)
- September 5 - James Macleod, militia officer, lawyer, police officer, magistrate, judge and politician (b.1836)
- September 15 - Philip Carteret Hill, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1821)
- October 30 - Honoré Mercier, lawyer, journalist, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1840)
- November 28 - Patrick Leonard MacDougall, General and author (b.1819)
- December 12 - John Sparrow David Thompson, lawyer, judge, politician, university professor and 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1845)
