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EVENTS

January 29 - William Smithe becomes premier of British Columbia , replacing Robert Beaven

's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority

August 31 - The Calgary Herald publishes its first issue

November 18 - Canada adopts Standard Time

December 1 - Regina officially declared a town.

Andrew Blair becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing Daniel Hanington

Augusta Stowe , daughter of Emily Stowe , is the first woman to graduate from the Toronto Medical School .

The Toronto Women's Suffrage Association replaces the Literary Club of 1876.

BIRTHS

January 30 - Mountenay Du Val , conservationist

February 4 - E. J. Pratt , poet

March 5 - Charles Barbeau , ethnologist

June 22 - John Bracken , Premier of Manitoba

June 23 - Frederick Taylor , hockey player

August 7 - Gordon S. Harrington , Premier of Nova Scotia

October 2 - Robert Boyle , physicist

November 30 - James G. Gardiner , Premier of Saskatchewan

December 27 - Cyrus S. Eaton , businessman

DEATHS