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EVENTS

March 12 - MacDonald introduces protective Tariffs on manufactured goods being imported into Canada, a transcontinental Railway , and Immigration to the west in his National Policy.

April 25 - Sir William Wilfred Sullivan becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing Sir Louis Davies

's Liberal s win a third consecutive Majority

October 31 - Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau becomes premier of Quebec , replacing Henri-Gustave De Lotbinière

BIRTHS

January 15 - Mazo De La Roche , author

January 17 - Richard G. Reid , Premier of Alberta

January 25 - Humphrey T. Walwyn , Governor of Newfoundland

February 14 - Eli Burton , physicist

March 20 - Maud Menten , scientist

May 25 - Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook), businessman

June 12 - Charles D. Richards , Premier of New Brunswick

August 1 - Eva Tanguay , singer

August 16 - Samuel Lawrence , labour leader

October 6 - James Langstaff Bowman , politician

October 9 - William Warren , Prime Minister of Newfoundland

November 3 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson , explorer

November 11 - Violet McNaughton , feminist

December 24 - Émile Nelligan , poet

DEATHS