1902 in Canada

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Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Edward VII^[1]

Federal government

Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier
Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) (until 18 November) then Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Quebec)
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Provincial governments

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Premiers

Premier of British Columbia – James Dunsmuir (until November 21) then Edward Prior
Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
Premier of Ontario – George William Ross
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Arthur Peters
Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent

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Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – James Hamilton Ross (until February 8) then Henry W. Newlands (acting) (February 8 to August 15) then Zachary Taylor Wood (acting)

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Premier of the North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain

Events

February – The town of Crofton, British Columbia, is founded on Vancouver Island
May 21 – 1902 Northwest Territories general election
May 24 – The first Victoria Day is celebrated
May 29 – 1902 Ontario general election: G. W. Ross's Liberals win a second consecutive majority. Margaret Haile runs as a candidate of the Canadian Socialist League in Toronto North, becoming the first woman ever to stand in a provincial election.
May 31 – The Second Boer War ends, and Canadian troops return home to great acclaim
July 1 – Ray Knight stages the first Raymond Stampede in Raymond, Alberta. This was the first use of the word stampede in the name of a rodeo. The Raymond Stampede is now Canada's oldest rodeo
August 9 – Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom and of Canada.
October 10 – Altona schoolhouse shooting
October 20 – The first train enters Edmonton, by way of the Canadian Northern's Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway across the Low Level Bridge
November 21 – Edward Prior becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing James Dunsmuir
December 15 – The first transatlantic radio press report is filed from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
The first ascent of Mount Forbes by James Outram and party

Arts and literature

The first symphony orchestra in Canada begins in Quebec City.
The first movie theatre in Canada opens in Vancouver

Births

January to June

January 22 – Jean-Paul Beaulieu, politician and chartered accountant (d.1976)
February 17 – Howard O'Hagan, writer
April 14 – Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1976)
April 20 – Elizabeth Goudie, writer (d.1982)
May 24 – Sylvia Daoust, sculptor (d.2004)
June 17 – Anna Hilliard, doctor
June 19 – Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist (d.1977)
June 21 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (d.1937)

July to December

July 15 – Donald Creighton, historian (d.1979)
July 30 – Dorise Nielson, politician (d.1980)
August 10 – Norma Shearer, Academy Award-winning actress (d.1983)
November 8 – A. J. M. Smith, poet (d.1980)
November 21 – Foster Hewitt, radio pioneer (d.1985)
December 29 – Nels Stewart, ice hockey player (d.1957)

Deaths

February 12 – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada (b.1826)
February 19 – Richard Maurice Bucke, psychiatrist (b.1837)
August 5 – Thomas Christie, physician, professor and politician (b.1834)
August 10 – James McMillan, United States Senator from Michigan from 1889 until 1902. (b.1838)
October 31 – John A. Dawson, politician (b.1826)

Historical documents

Laurier cabinet member praised as "Finance Minister of surpluses, high wages and general prosperity"^[2]

North-West Territories official says rapidly developing N.W.T. could become Canada's dominant province^[3]

Copper and nickel miners live in pollution-devastated landscape near Sudbury, Ontario^[4]

Western farmers form grain growers association to oppose corporations and "wheat blockade"^[5]

Immigrants arrive in Saskatchewan and enjoy megabushel first harvest of wheat^[6]

Entomologist on pest control with crude petroleum, potash-and-fish-oil (either in solution) and hydrocyanic acid gas in fumigation tents^[7]

Young mission doctor captains medical ship through storm on Strait of Belle Isle^[8]

Lucy Maud Montgomery gives tips to beginning photographers^[9]

References

^ Tidridge, Nathan (15 November 2011). Canada's Constitutional Monarchy. Dundurn. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-55488-980-8.
^ "The Fielding Banquet; An Account of the Dinner Given by the Liberals of Nova Scotia(....)" Accessed 23 January 2020
^ "Provincial Status;(...)The North-West 'Asks For Nothing Unreasonable'(....)" Regina Leader (January 23, 1902), pg. 5. Accessed 23 January 2020
^ James Lumsden, Through Canada in Harvest Time[....] (1903), pgs. 315-17
^ "A Grain Growers' Association Formed At Indian Head" Regina Leader (January 9, 1902), pg. 5. Accessed 22 January 2020
^ Canadian Pacific Railway, Home Life of Women in Western Canada (1907), pgs. 24-5 Accessed 23 January 2020
^ "Insects, Fungous Diseases–Treatments" (March 20, 1902), Appendix to the Thirty-Seventh Volume of the Journals of the House of Commons, pgs. 55-61. Accessed 15 August 2021
^ Cluny Macpherson, "A Bad Night in the Straits of Belle Isle" Dr. Cluny Macpherson Notebook 2, pgs. 51-8. Accessed 23 January 2020
^ "Cynthia," "Around the Table; Photography as a Hobby" Halifax Daily Echo (May 12, 1902). Accessed 23 January 2020

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