Timeline of the Alexander Mackenzie premiership

The following is a timeline of the Premiership of Alexander Mackenzie, who served as the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873, to October 8, 1878.

1873

• November 8 – Winnipeg is incorporated.

1874

• January 22 – Mackenzie leads the Liberal Party to its first majority government in the 1874 Canadian federal election.
• March 26 – The 3rd Canadian Parliament enters session.
• May 29 – The Dominion Elections Act is passed, introducing the secret ballot and abolishing property qualifications.

1875

• April 8 – The Supreme and Exchequer Courts Act is passed, establishing the Supreme Court of Canada.
• June 1 – The Canadian Pacific Railway begins construction.

1876

• April 12 – The Indian Act is passed, defining many interactions between Indigenous Canadians and the Canadian Government.
• July 1 – The Intercolonial Railway is completed, connecting Central Canada to the Maritimes.
• October 7 – The District of Keewatin is created from the North-West Territories.

1877

• September 22 – Treaty 7 is signed between the Canadian Government and seven First Nations band governments.

1878

• September 17 – Mackenzie's Liberal Party is defeated in the 1878 Canadian federal election by John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party.

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