1900 in Canada
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See also: 1899 in Canada, other events of 1900, 1901 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
[edit] Events
- January 8: Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway
- February 18–February 27: Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeberg
- February 27: Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia
- February 28: Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia
- March 16: Boer War: Lord Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa
- April 26: Two-thirds of Hull, Quebec, is destroyed in a fire.
- June 15: James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin
- August 31: Lemuel John Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson
- October 8: Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Félix-Gabriel Marchand
- October 29: Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald
- November 7: Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
- November 7: Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins. Three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement.
- December 6: Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America.
- The federal government doubles the head tax on Chinese immigrants
- The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time
[edit] Births
- January 8: Solon Earl Low, politician
- February 20: Graham Spry, journalist
- March 12: David Croll, politician
- April 19: Roland Michener, Governor-General of Canada
- May 25: Alain Grandbois, poet
- May 25: Malcolm Norris, Métis leader
- May 29: Antonio Talbot, Quebec politician
- June 3: Gordon Sinclair, journalist
- June 21: Edward (Ted) Rogers, inventor and radio pioneer
- August 13: Gordon Sparling, filmmaker
- September 6: W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of BC
- November 20: Athole Shearer, actor
- Harry Cassidy, academic
[edit] Deaths
- Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter and first president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art
