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1886 in Canada
Events from the year
1886 in Canada
.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
âÂÂ
Victoria
Federal government
Governor General
âÂÂ
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Prime Minister
âÂÂ
John A. Macdonald
Chief Justice
âÂÂ
William Johnstone Ritchie
(
New Brunswick
)
Parliament
âÂÂ
5th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
âÂÂ
Clement Francis Cornwall
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
âÂÂ
James Cox Aikins
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
âÂÂ
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
âÂÂ
Matthew Henry Richey
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
âÂÂ
John Beverley Robinson
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
âÂÂ
Andrew Archibald Macdonald
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
âÂÂ
Louis-Rodrigue Masson
Premiers
Premier of British Columbia
âÂÂ
William Smithe
Premier of Manitoba
âÂÂ
John Norquay
Premier of New Brunswick
âÂÂ
Andrew George Blair
Premier of Nova Scotia
âÂÂ
William Stevens Fielding
Premier of Ontario
âÂÂ
Oliver Mowat
Premier of Prince Edward Island
âÂÂ
William Wilfred Sullivan
Premier of Quebec
âÂÂ
John Jones Ross
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin
âÂÂ
James Cox Aikins
Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories
âÂÂ
Edgar Dewdney
Events
March 25 âÂÂ
Workman's Compensation Act
passed in Ontario
April 6 âÂÂ
Vancouver
incorporated as a city
April 26 âÂÂ
1886 New Brunswick general election
June 7 âÂÂ
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
becomes the first Canadian
cardinal
June 8 to 15 âÂÂ
1886 Nova Scotia general election
:
William Stevens Fielding
's
Liberals
win a third consecutive majority.
June 13 âÂÂ
Great Vancouver Fire
June 30 âÂÂ
1886 Prince Edward Island general election
:
William Wilfred Sullivan
Conservatives
win a fifth consecutive majority.
July 20 âÂÂ
1886 British Columbia general election
October 14 âÂÂ
1886 Quebec general election
:
Honoré Mercier
's
Liberals
win a majority
December 9 âÂÂ
1886 Manitoba general election
December 14 âÂÂ
Yoho National Park
established
December 28 âÂÂ
1886 Ontario general election
: Sir
Oliver Mowat
's
Liberals
win a fifth consecutive majority.
Full date unknown
Mohawk
men of the
Caughnawaga Reserve
in
Quebec
are trained to help build a bridge across the
St. Lawrence River
, beginning a tradition of high steel construction work among the
Iroquois
.
Construction begins on the
Banff Springs Hotel
Births
January 15 âÂÂ
C. D. Howe
, politician and Minister (d.
1960
)
January 21 âÂÂ
George Kingston
, meteorologist (b.
1816
)
May 13 âÂÂ
William John Patterson
, politician and 6th
Premier of Saskatchewan
(d.
1976
)
August 4 âÂÂ
Pierre-François Casgrain
, politician and
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
(d.
1950
)
August 30 âÂÂ
Ray Lawson
, 17th Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario
(d.
1980
)
September 20 âÂÂ
John Murray Anderson
, Canadian-born American actor, dancer, theatre director (d.
1954 in the United States
)
October 16 âÂÂ
Joseph-Arthur Bradette
, politician (d.
1961
)
Deaths
March 30 âÂÂ
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
, politician and 6th
Premier of Quebec
(b.
1837
)
March 31 âÂÂ
Amos Wright
, farmer and politician (b.
1809
)
June 25
Auguste Achintre
, journalist and essayist (b.
1834
)
Jean-Louis Beaudry
, entrepreneur, politician and 11th
Mayor of Montreal
(b.
1809
)
July 4 âÂÂ
Poundmaker
, Cree chief (b. c
1842
)
November 23 âÂÂ
William Jack
, astronomer (b.
1817
)
References