Sir Mackenzie Bowell was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician,who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada,in office from 1894 to 1896.
William McDougall was a Canadian lawyer,politician,and one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Sir Riley Robert Archibald,more commonly known as Sir Adams George Archibald was a Canadian lawyer and politician,and a Father of Confederation. He was based in Nova Scotia for most of his career,though he also served as first Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1870 to 1872.
George Brown was a British-Canadian journalist,politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation;attended the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences. A noted Reform politician,he is best known as the founder and editor of the Toronto Globe,Canada's most influential newspaper at the time,and his leadership in the founding of the Liberal Party in 1867. He was an articulate champion of the grievances and anger of Upper Canada (Ontario). He played a major role in securing national unity. His career in active politics faltered after 1865,but he remained a powerful spokesman for the Liberal Party. He promoted westward expansion and opposed the policies of Conservative Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.
Events from the year 1887 in Canada.
Events from the year 1882 in Canada.
The 1896 Canadian federal election was held on June 23,1896,to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party,led by Prime Minister Charles Tupper,won a plurality of the popular vote,the Liberal Party,led by Wilfrid Laurier,won the majority of seats to form the next government. The election ended 18 years of Conservative rule.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a centre-right political party in Manitoba,Canada. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba,after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 election and maintaining a majority in the 2019 election.
Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin was a businessman and politician in Manitoba,Canada.
Thomas Greenway was a Canadian politician,merchant and farmer. He served as the seventh premier of Manitoba from 1888 to 1900. A Liberal,his ministry formally ended Manitoba's non-partisan government,although a de facto two-party system had existed for some years.
David Howard Harrison was a politician,farmer and physician. He was born in the township of London,Canada West,and moved to Manitoba in 1882. He and his family soon established themselves as substantial landowners.
John Norquay was the fifth premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887. He was born near St. Andrews in what was then the Red River Colony,making him the first Premier of Manitoba to have been born in the region.
John Andrew Davidson was a Manitoba politician. He was briefly the leader of Manitoba's Conservative parliamentary caucus in 1894,and later served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond Roblin.
Sir James Albert Manning Aikins was a politician in Manitoba,Canada. He was the leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in the provincial election of 1915,and later served as the province's ninth Lieutenant Governor.
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon,was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal,provincial and municipal levels,he never achieved his goal of becoming the Premier of Quebec.
Sir John Christian Schultz was a Manitoba politician and businessman. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1882,a Senator from 1882 to 1888,and the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1888 to 1895.
Sir Daniel Hunter McMillan,was a Manitoba politician. He was a cabinet minister in Thomas Greenway's government from 1889 to 1900,and served as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1900 to 1911.
Sir Richard John Cartwright was a Canadian businessman and politician.
The members of the 4th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1879. The legislature sat from January 22,1880,to November 13,1882.
The members of the 6th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1886. The legislature sat from April 14,1887,to June 16,1888.
