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EVENTS

April 27 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell resigns as Prime Minister due to cabinet infighting. He is replaced by Sir Charles Tupper .

May 1 - Sir Charles Tupper becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Mackenzie Bowell

May 11 - Edmund Flynn becomes Premier Of Quebec , replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon

May 26 - a bridge collapse in Victoria, British Columbia kills 55 people

's Liberals win a majority, defeating Sir Charles Tupper's Conservatives. One of the key issues in the campaign has been the Manitoba Schools Question

July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Charles Tupper

July 20 - George H. Murray becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Fielding

July 25 - Arthur Hardy becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Sir Oliver Mowat

July - James Mitchell becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Andrew Blair

August 17 - Gold is discovered in the Yukon , prompting the Klondike Gold Rush

A plan to populate the western prairies with immigration from Eastern Europe is unveiled

The first Canadian Blast Furnace opens in Hamilton, Ontario

BIRTHS

January 11 - William Stephenson , spy

March 8 - Charlotte Whitton , Mayor of Ottawa

March 16 - Harry Banks , soldier

March 21 - Errick Willis , Manitoba politician

April 20 - Wop May , bush pilot

May 2 - Elmore Philpott , journalist and politician

May 18 - Brock Chisholm , doctor

July 2 - Prudence Heward , painter

July 10 - Thérèse Casgrain , suffragette

July 27 - Anne Savage , artist

August 12 - Mitchell Hepburn , Premier of Ontario

August 18 - Jack Pickford , actor

August 30 - Raymond Massey , actor

November 3 - Madeleine Fritz , paleontologist

November 7 - Henry John Lawrence Botterell , fighter pilot

DEATHS