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Events from the year
1907 in Canada
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Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
–
Edward VII
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
Prime Minister
–
Wilfrid Laurier
Chief Justice
–
Charles Fitzpatrick
(
Quebec
)
Parliament
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10th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
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George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
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James Dunsmuir
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
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Daniel Hunter McMillan
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Jabez Bunting Snowball
(until February 24) then
Lemuel John Tweedie
(from March 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Duncan Cameron Fraser
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
William Mortimer Clark
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Donald Alexander MacKinnon
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Louis-Amable Jetté
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Amédée Forget
Premiers
Premier of Alberta
–
Alexander Cameron Rutherford
Premier of British Columbia
–
Richard McBride
Premier of Manitoba
–
Rodmond Roblin
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Lemuel John Tweedie
(until March 6) then
William Pugsley
(March 6 to May 31) then
Clifford William Robinson
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
George Henry Murray
Premier of Ontario
–
James Whitney
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Arthur Peters
Premier of Quebec
–
Lomer Gouin
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon
–
John T. Lithgow
(acting) (until June 17) then
Alexander Henderson
Gold Commissioner of Yukon
–
F.X. Gosselin
(from June 17)
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Frederick D. White
Events
March 6 –
William Pugsley
becomes premier of
New Brunswick
, replacing
Lemuel John Tweedie
May 24 –
Boer War Memorial (Montreal)
unveiled
May 30 – King
Edward VII
grants the
Coat of Arms of Alberta
May 31 –
Clifford Robinson
becomes premier of
New Brunswick
, replacing
William Pugsley
August 24 – Part of the under-construction
Quebec Bridge
collapses in
Quebec City
killing 75 construction workers and injuring 11.
September 7
An
anti-Asian riot in Vancouver
attacks
Chinatown
Alexander Grant MacKay
is elected leader of the
Ontario Liberal Party
September 14 – Jasper Forest Park
–
later named
Jasper National Park
–
is established.
[
2
]
Full date unknown
The National Council for Women demands "
equal pay for equal work
"
The world's first
rotary telephone
came into use at
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
The first
Sobeys
opens in
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Births
January to June
January 14 –
Georges-Émile Lapalme
, politician (d.
1985
)
January 26 –
Hans Selye
, endocrinologist (d.
1982
)
[
3
]
February 9 –
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
, geometer (d.
2003
)
March 20 –
Hugh MacLennan
, author and professor of English (d.
1990
)
March 24 –
Paul Sauvé
, lawyer, soldier, politician and 17th
Premier of Quebec
(d.
1960
)
April 16 –
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
, inventor, businessman and founder of
Bombardier Inc.
(d.
1964
)
April 17 –
Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger
, politician (d.
1989
)
July to December
July 6 –
George Stanley
, historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant and designer of the current
Canadian flag
(d.
2002
)
August 5 –
Herman Linder
, rodeoist
August 24 –
Alfred Belzile
, politician and farmer
September 3 –
Andrew Brewin
, lawyer and politician (d.
1983
)
Fay Wray – Publicity photo, ca. 1930
September 15 –
Fay Wray
, actress (d.
2004
)
October 20 –
Carl Goldenberg
, lawyer, arbitrator, mediator and Senator (d.
1996
)
November 19 –
Frederick Thomas Armstrong
, politician (d.
1990
)
November 21 –
Christie Harris
, children's author (d.
2002
)
December 12 –
Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé
, pianist, soprano and teacher (d.
2007
)
[
4
]
Unknown
Edythe Shuttleworth
, mezzo-soprano (d.
1983
)
[
5
]
Deaths
January to June
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January 1 –
William Pearce Howland
, politician (b.
1811
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January 25 –
Andrew George Blair
, politician and 6th
Premier of New Brunswick
(b.
1844
)
January 31 –
Timothy Eaton
, businessman and founder of
Eaton's
(b.
1834
)
March 3 –
Oronhyatekha
,
Mohawk
physician and scholar (b.
1841
)
March 8 –
Edward Cochrane
, politician (b.
1834
)
March 20 –
Louis Adolphe Billy
, politician and lawyer (b.
1834
)
April 6 –
William Henry Drummond
, poet (b.
1854
)
May 24 –
Frederick William Lewis
, politician.
June 12 –
John Waldie
, politician (b.
1833
)
July to December
August 10 –
James Brien
, politician and physician (b.
1848
)
September 26 –
Alexander Gunn
, politician (b.
1828
)
October 10 –
Cassie Chadwick
, fraudster (b.
1857
)
[
6
]
October 13 –
Harvey William Burk
, politician and farmer (b.
1822
)
References
↑
Tidridge, Nathan (15 November 2011).
Canada's Constitutional Monarchy
. Dundurn. p.
235.
ISBN
978-1-55488-980-8
.
↑
"Jasper National Park Is The Most Beautiful Place In Canada"
.
All That's Interesting
. 5 January 2015
. Retrieved
14 May
2018
.
↑
"Dr Hans Selye"
.
home.cc.umanitoba.ca
. Retrieved
14 May
2018
.
↑
"Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé"
.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
. April 25, 2012
. Retrieved
December 6,
2020
.
↑
"Edythe Shuttleworth"
.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
. October 25, 2009
. Retrieved
May 12,
2021
.
↑
"CHADWICK, CASSIE L."
case.edu
. 11 May 2018
. Retrieved
14 May
2018
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