1882 In Canada

Events

• May 17 - Provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established between Manitoba and British Columbia: the districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Athabaska
• May 25 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Simon H. Holmes.
• June 20 - Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority.
• June 13 - Robert Beaven becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem.
• July 31 - Joseph-Alfred Mousseau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau.
• August 3 - William T. Pipes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing John Sparrow David Thompson.
• December 30 - The Royal Society of Canada is founded
• Daniel Hanington becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing James Fraser.
• John Ware, a Texas cowboy, moves to Alberta. He introduces longhorn cattle into Canada and pioneers the development of rodeo.

Births

• January 8 - David Milne, artist
• February 1 - Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister
• February 2 - Geoffrey O'Hara, musician
• February 11 - John Queen, Manitoba politician
• April 18 - Isabel Meighen, wife of Arthur Meighen
• June 9 - Bobby Kerr, sprinter
• October 3 - A. Y. Jackson, artist
• December 25 - John Stewart McDiarmid, Manitoba politician

Deaths

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