Events from the year 1893 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown Monarch – Victoria
Federal government Governor General – Frederick Stanley (until September 18) then John Hamilton-Gordon Prime Minister – John Thompson Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) Parliament – 7th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Edgar Dewdney Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Christian Schultz Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Samuel Leonard Tilley (until September 21) then John Boyd (September 21 to December 4) then John James Fraser (from December 20) Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Malachy Bowes Daly Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – George Airey Kirkpatrick Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Jedediah Slason Carvell Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Premiers Premier of British Columbia – Theodore Davie Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway Premier of New Brunswick – Andrew George Blair Premier of Nova Scotia – William Stevens Fielding Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat Premier of Prince Edward Island – Frederick Peters Premier of Quebec – Louis-Olivier Taillon
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – John Christian Schultz Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Joseph Royal (until October 31) then Charles Herbert Mackintosh
Premiers Chairman of the Executive Committee of the North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain
Events May 27 – Algonquin Provincial Park is established as a wildlife sanctuary in Ontario. September 16 – Calgary is incorporated as a city. October 27 – The National Council of Women of Canada meets for the first time. December 18 – Robert Machray is elected first Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Full date unknown The Redpath Library is bestowed upon McGill University. Canada Evidence Act created. Jacques Cartier Monument (Montreal) unveiled.
Sport March 22 – The Montreal Hockey Club wins the First Stanley Cup by defeating the Ottawa Hockey Club 3 to 1 at Montreal's Victoria Rink
Births
January to June January 8 – Jean Désy, diplomat (d.1960) February 7 – Joseph Algernon Pearce, astrophysicist (d.1988) April 16 – Germaine Guèvremont, French-Canadian writer (d.1968) May 5 – J. Dewey Soper, Arctic explorer, zoologist, ornithologist and author (d.1982) May 7 – Frank J. Selke, ice hockey manager (d.1985) May 28 – Donald MacLaren, World War I flying ace, businessman (d.1988) June 5 – George Croil, first Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force (d.1959) June 16 – Ernest Lloyd Janney, Provisional Commander of the Canadian Aviation Corps (d.1941) June 20 – Austin Claude Taylor, politician (d.1965) June 23 – Merrill Denison, playwright (d.1975)
July to December July 7 – James White, World War I flying ace (d.1972) August 18 – Ernest MacMillan, conductor and composer (d.1973) August 21 – Wilfred Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force (d.1977) October 12 – George Hodgson, swimmer and double Olympic gold medallist (d.1983) November 12 – Roy Kellock, jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d.1975) November 22 – Raymond Collishaw, World War I flying ace (d.1976) December 8 – J. Arthur Ross, politician (d.1958) December 23 – John Patrick Barry, politician and lawyer (d.1946) December 23 – Roy Brown, World War I flying ace (d.1944)
Full date unknown Parr, artist (d.1969)
Deaths
January to June
January 26 – James Armstrong, politician (b.1830) February 18 – George-Édouard Desbarats, printer and inventor (b.1838) March 18 – David H. Armstrong, United States Senator from Missouri from 1877 till 1879. (b.1812) March 30 – Jane Mackenzie, second wife of Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b.1825) April 2 – Eden Colvile, Governor of Rupert's Land (b.1819)
July to December July 22 – John Rae, doctor and explorer (b.1813) September 19 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, politician and a Father of Confederation (b.1817) October 30 – John Abbott, politician and 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b.1821) November 9 – Henri Bernier, politician, businessman and manufacturer (b.1821) December 9 – Charles Sangster, poet (b.1822)
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