1891 In Canada

Events

• February 21 - The first Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 125.
• March 5 - Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
• April 27 - Frederick Peters becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Neil McLeod
• June 6 - Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald dies in office
• June 16 - Sir John Abbott becomes prime minister following the death of Sir John A. Macdonald
• September 29 - Thomas McGreevy is expelled from the House of Commons due to corruption.
• November 7 - The second election of the North-West Legislative Assembly
• December 10 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is extended to Edmonton
• December 21 - Sir Charles-Eugne de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Honor Mercier
• The Legislative Council of New Brunswick is abolished

Births

• January 6 - Tim Buck, Communist leader
• January 26 - Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon
• February 27 - Samuel Bronfman, businessman
• April 1 - Harry Nixon, Ontario politician
• July 12 - Adhmar Raynault, Mayor of Montreal
• August 30 - Elmer Jamieson, educator
• October 30 - Ada Mackenzie, golfer
• November 14 - Frederick Banting, scientist
• December 25 - William Ross Macdonald, politician
• December 31 - Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General

Deaths

• June 6 - Sir John A. Macdonald

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