1874 in Canada

1874 in Canada

"See also:"
1873 in Canada,
other events of 1874,
1875 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

* January 22: Federal election: Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals win a majority
* February 11: George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Amor De Cosmos
* April 16: Louis Riel is barred from taking his seat in the House of Commons.
* May 29: The Liberals introduce electoral reform that introduces the secret ballot and abolishes property qualifications
* July 8: Marc-Amable Girard becomes premier of Manitoba for the second time, replacing Henry Joseph Clarke
* July 26: Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
* September 22: Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Gédéon Ouimet
* October 1: The North-West Mounted Police base at Fort Macleod is founded
* December 3: Robert Davis becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable Girard
* Anabaptists (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies.
* The federal Liberal government grants provisional boundaries to Ontario that extend the province to the north and west. These provisional boundaries will not be recognized by the federal Conservatives when they return to power.

Births

* January 5: James D. Stewart, Premier of Prince Edward Island (PEI)
* January 16: Robert W. Service, poet
* January 29: Frank Boyes, politician
* February 10: Walter M. Lea, Premier of PEI
* April 14: Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Governor General
* June 16: Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister
* July 13: Norman Dawes, businessman
* July 29: J.S. Woodsworth, politician
* October 1: Arthur Sauvé, politician
* October 10: Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, politician
* October 12: Albert C. Saunders, Premier of PEI
* October 25: Philémon Cousineau, Quebec politician
* November 30: Lucy Maud Montgomery, author
* December 17: William Lyon Mackenzie King

Deaths


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