1876 in Canada
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Events from the year1876 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Governor General–Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
- Prime Minister–Alexander Mackenzie
- Chief Justice–William Buell Richards(Ontario)
- Parliament–3rd
Provincial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia–Joseph Trutch(until June 27) thenAlbert Norton Richards
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba–Alexander Morris
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick–Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories–David Laird(from October 7)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia–Adams George Archibald
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario–Donald Alexander Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island–Robert Hodgson
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec–René-Édouard Caron(until December 13) thenLuc Letellier de St-Just(from December 15)
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of British Columbia–George Anthony Walkem(until February 1) thenAndrew Charles Elliott
- Premier of Manitoba–Robert Atkinson Davis
- Premier of New Brunswick–George Edwin King
- Premier of Nova Scotia–Philip Carteret Hill
- Premier of Ontario–Oliver Mowat
- Premier of Prince Edward Island–Lemuel Cambridge Owen(until August 1) thenLouis Henry Davies
- Premier of Quebec–Charles Boucher de Boucherville
Territorial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin–Alexander Morris(from October 7)
- Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories–Alexander MorristhenDavid Laird
Events
[edit]- January 1 – The building ofFredericton City Hallis completed
- February 1 –Andrew Elliottbecomespremier of British Columbia,replacingGeorge Walkem
- April 12 - TheIndian Actis passed. Consolidating and expanding on existing Canadian laws, it defines the special status and land regulations ofAboriginal peoples in Canadawho live onreserves;status Indianshave no vote in Canadianelectionsand are exempt fromtaxes
- July 1 – TheIntercolonial Railwayconnecting central Canada to theMaritimesis completed
- August – SirLouis Henry DaviesbecomesPremier of Prince Edward Island,replacingLemuel Cambridge Owen
- August 10 – The world's first long-distance phone call connects the Bell residence with a shoe and boot store in nearbyParis, Ontario.
- August 23 – The first signings ofTreaty 6.Further signings will be on August 28 and September 9.
- October 7 – TheDistrict of Keewatin(incorporating the disputed area between Ontario and Manitoba) is separated from theNorth-West Territories.
- October 10 –1876 Prince Edward Island election:Lemuel Cambridge Owen'sConservativeswin a second consecutivemajority
Full date unknown
[edit]- TheToronto Women's Literary Clubis founded as a front for thesuffragemovement.
- TheLegislative Council of Manitobais abolished, and the legislature becomesunicameral.
Sport
[edit]- September 20 – TheOttawa Football Club(Ottawa Rough Riders) is established.
Births
[edit]January to June
[edit]- January 8 –Matthew Robert Blake,politician (died1937)
- January 21 –James Charles Brady,politician (died1962)
- January 27 –Frank S. Cahill,politician (died1934)
- April 3 –Margaret Anglin,actress, director and producer (died1958)
- April 21 –William Henry Wright,prospector and newspaper owner (died1951)
- June 17 –Thomas Crerar,politician and Minister (died1975)
July to December
[edit]- August 23 –William Melville Martin,politician and Premier ofSaskatchewan(died1970)
- September 6 –John Macleod,physician, physiologist and Nobel laureate (died1935)
- October 6 –Ernest Lapointe,politician (died1941)
- November 18 –Walter Seymour Allward,sculptor (died1955)
- December 9 –Berton Churchill,actor (died1940)
Deaths
[edit]- February 4 –Charles-Séraphin Rodier,mayor ofMontreal(born1797)
- February 5 –George Ryan,politician (born1806)
- April 5 –Élisabeth Bruyère,nun (born1818)
- June 1 –Malcolm Cameron,businessman and politician (born1808)
- July 3 –Aldis Bernard,mayor ofMontreal(born1810)
- July 27 –Thomas-Louis Connolly,Archbishop of Halifax(born1814)
- October 2 –Louis-Ovide Brunet,priest and botanist (born1826)
- October 6 –John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar,Governor General (born1807)
- December 13 –René-Édouard Caron,2 Mayor of Quebec City and 2ndLieutenant-Governor of Quebec(born1800)
Full date unknown
[edit]- Edward Feild,Church of England clergyman, inspector of schools, bishop of Newfoundland (born1801)
- Wilson Ruffin Abbott,businessman and landowner (born1801)
Historical documents
[edit]Bell'sOntario experimentslead to the first long-distance telephone conversation[2]
Treaty 6annexes land of Cree and other nations in exchange for reserves subject to sale or development, plus money and supplies[3]
Mark Twain's anger at a Canadian firm publishingThe Adventures of Tom Sawyerwithout permission[4]
Emigrant's guide written especially for "people of small fortune"[5]
References
[edit]- ^"Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.Retrieved5 December2022.
- ^Alexander Graham Bell,"First Transmission of Speech over a Telegraph Line in Brantford, August 1876"The Pre-Commercial Period of the Telephone (1911), pgs. 14-16. Accessed 16 September 2018
- ^"The Treaty at Forts Carlton and Pitt, Number Six"(September 9, 1876), Voices of the Plains Cree (1973, 1995), pgs. 124-9. Accessed 23 June 2021
- ^Samuel Langhorne Clemens,"To Moncure D. Conway, 2 November 1876, Hartford, Conn."Mark Twain Project. Accessed 16 September 2018
- ^John J. Rowan,The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada; Some Experiences of an Old Country Settler(1876). Accessed 23 April 2020
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