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1908 in Canada
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Events from the year
1908 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
–
10th
(until 17 September)
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Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
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James Dunsmuir
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
Daniel Hunter McMillan
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Lemuel John Tweedie
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Duncan Cameron Fraser
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
William Mortimer Clark
(until September 22) then
John Morison Gibson
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Donald Alexander MacKinnon
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Louis-Amable Jetté
(until September 15) then
Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
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
–
Clifford William Robinson
(until March 24) then
John Douglas Hazen
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
George Henry Murray
Premier of Ontario
–
James Whitney
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Arthur Peters
(until January 29) then
Francis Haszard
(from February 1)
Premier of Quebec
–
Lomer Gouin
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon
–
Alexander Henderson
Gold Commissioner of Yukon
–
F.X. Gosselin
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Frederick D. White
Events
January 2 – The
Royal Canadian Mint
opens.
January 29 –
Arthur Peters
,
Premier of Prince Edward Island
, dies in office
February 1 –
F. L. Haszard
becomes premier of Prince Edward Island.
March 7 – The
University of British Columbia
is established by the
British Columbia University Act
.
March 24 – Sir
John Douglas Hazen
becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Clifford Robinson.
June 8 – In the Ontario election, Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority.
June 12 –
Saskatchewan Government Telephones
created.
August 2 – A fire in the
Kootenay
region kills 70.
August 14 – In the Saskatchewan election, Walter Scott's Liberals win a second consecutive majority.
September 23 – The
University of Alberta
opens.
October 26 – In the
federal election
, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority.
Full date unknown
Anne of Green Gables
is first published, having a great effect on Prince Edward Island.
The
Opium and Narcotics Act
is passed banning certain drugs in Canada.
The
Grain Growers Guide
is first published.
The Child Labour Act of Ontario is passed.
[
citation needed
]
Vancouver Courier
first published.
Arts and literature
Lucy Maud Montgomery
's
Anne of Green Gables
is published.
Births
January to June
January 1 –
Clarence Dunlap
, Chief of the Air Staff Royal Canadian Air Force (d. 2003)
January 22 –
Sinclair Ross
, banker and author (d.
1996
)
February 1 –
Louis Rasminsky
, third Governor of the Bank of Canada (d.
1998
)
February 7 –
Lela Brooks
, speed skater (d.
1990
)
February 10 –
Jean Coulthard
, composer and academic (d.
2000
)
March 5 –
Colin Emerson Bennett
, politician and lawyer (d.
1993
)
March 24 –
Carl Klinck
, literary historian and academic (d.
1990
)
April 7 –
Percy Faith
, band-leader, orchestrator and composer (d.
1976
)
May 11 –
Hide Hyodo Shimizu
, Japanese-Canadian educator and activist (d.
1999
)
May 19 –
Percy Williams
, athlete (d.
1982
)
May 26 –
James Sinclair
, politician, businessman and father of
Margaret Sinclair
, one-time wife of
Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
, and grandfather of
Justin Trudeau
(d.
1984
)
May 28 –
Léo Cadieux
, politician (d.
2005
)
June 5 –
Maxwell Meighen
, financier (d.
1992
)
June 12 –
Alphonse Ouimet
, broadcaster (d.
1988
)
[
2
]
June 18 –
Stanley Knowles
, politician (d.
1997
)
July to December
July 11
Gérard Légaré
, politician (d.
1997
)
Yves Prévost
, politician and lawyer (d.
1997
)
September 20 –
Ernest Manning
, Premier of Alberta (d.
1996
)
October 18 –
Alfred Henry Bence
, politician and barrister (d.
1977
)
October 24 –
John Tuzo Wilson
, geophysicist and geologist (d.
1993
)
October 31 –
Muriel Duckworth
, pacifist and social activist (d.
2009
)
November 3 –
Bronko Nagurski
, American football player (d.
1990
)
November 10 –
Charles Merritt
, army officer and politician (d. 2000)
December 6 –
Nicholas Goldschmidt
, conductor, administrator and artistic director (d.
2004
)
December 13 –
W. L. Morton
, historian (d.
1980
)
December 23 –
Yousuf Karsh
, photographer (d.
2002
)
Deaths
January to June
January 6 –
George Dixon
, first Canadian-born boxing champion (b.
1870
)
January 13 –
George Anthony Walkem
, jurist and Premier of British Columbia (b.
1834
)
January 29 –
Arthur Peters
, Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.
1854
)
May 31 –
Louis-Honoré Fréchette
, politician and writer (b.
1839
)
June 14 –
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
, Governor General of Canada (b.
1841
)
June 24 –
William Whiteway
, Premier of Newfoundland (b.
1828
)
July to December
August 18 –
Alfred Boyd
, 1st Premier of Manitoba (b.
1835
)
September 7 –
Joseph-Guillaume Bossé
, politician and lawyer (b.
1843
)
October 30 –
Thomas Greenway
, 7th Premier of Manitoba (b.
1838
)
November 16 –
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b.
1829
)
December 11 –
Jean Blanchet
, politician (b.
1843
)
December 25 –
William McGuigan
, politician and 10th Mayor of Vancouver (b.
1853
)
References
↑
Tidridge, Nathan (15 November 2011).
Canada's Constitutional Monarchy
. Dundurn. p.
235.
ISBN
978-1-55488-980-8
.
↑
"Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet"
.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
. Retrieved
June 18,
2024
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