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Events from the year '''1873 in Canada'''.
Events from the year '''1873 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==

===Crown===
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Victoria {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>

===Federal government===
* [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] – [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood]]
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[John A. Macdonald]] (until November 5) then [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]] (from November 7)
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[2nd Canadian Parliament|2nd]] (from 5 March)

===Provincial governments===

====Lieutenant governors====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[Joseph Trutch]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[Alexander Morris (politician)|Alexander Morris]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Lemuel Allan Wilmot]] (until November 15) then [[Samuel Leonard Tilley]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[Charles Hastings Doyle]] (until May 1) then [[Joseph Howe]] (May 1 to July 4) then [[Adams George Archibald]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[William Pearce Howland]] (until November 11) then [[John Willoughby Crawford]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[William Cleaver Francis Robinson]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau]] (until February 11) then [[René-Édouard Caron]]

====Premiers====
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Amor De Cosmos]]
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Henry Joseph Clarke]]
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[George Edwin King]]
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[William Annand]]
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Oliver Mowat]]
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[James Colledge Pope]] (until September 1) then [[Lemuel Cambridge Owen]]
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau]] (until February 26) then [[Gédéon Ouimet]]

===Territorial governments===

====Lieutenant governors====
* [[Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories]] – [[Alexander Morris (politician)|Alexander Morris]]


==Events==
==Events==

===January to June===
===January to June 1873===
*February 26 - [[Gédéon Ouimet]] becomes [[Premier of Quebec]], replacing [[Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau]]
*February 26 – [[Gédéon Ouimet]] becomes [[Premier of Quebec]], replacing [[Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau]].
*April 1
*April 1
**[[Prince Edward Island general election, 1873]]
**[[1873 Prince Edward Island general election]].
**[[James Pope]] becomes [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] for the second time, replacing [[Robert Haythorne]]
**[[James Colledge Pope|James Pope]] becomes [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] for the second time, replacing [[Robert Haythorne]].
**The [[SS Atlantic|SS ''Atlantic'']] is wrecked off [[Peggys Cove]]
**The [[SS Atlantic (1871)|SS ''Atlantic'']] is wrecked off [[Peggys Cove]].
*April 2 - The [[Pacific Scandal]] breaks out
*April 2 – The [[Pacific Scandal]] breaks out.
*May 13 - Sixty are killed in a [[coal]] [[Mining|mine]] explosion in [[Nova Scotia]]
*May 13 – Sixty are killed in a [[coal]] [[Mining|mine]] explosion in [[Nova Scotia]].
*May 23 - [[North-West Mounted Police]] are founded to [[police]] the [[Northwest Territories]], which then included the region today of [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]]
*May 23 – [[North-West Mounted Police]] are founded to [[police]] the [[Northwest Territories]], which then included the region today of [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]].
*June 1 - The [[Cypress Hills Massacre]] occurs.
*June 1 – The [[Cypress Hills Massacre]] occurs.


===July to December===
===July to December===
*July 1 - [[Prince Edward Island]] joins the [[Canadian Confederation]].
*July 1 – [[Prince Edward Island]] joins the [[Canadian Confederation]].
*August 25 - A [[cyclone]] hits [[Cape Breton Island]] killing 500 and causing much damage
*August 25 – A [[cyclone]] hits [[Cape Breton Island]], killing 500 and causing much damage.
*September - [[L. C. Owen]] becomes [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]], replacing James Pope
*September 1 – [[L. C. Owen]] becomes [[Premier of Prince Edward Island]], replacing James Pope.
*September 23 - The [[Canadian Labour Union]] is founded
*September 23 – The [[Canadian Labour Union]] is founded.
*November - [[Newfoundland general election, 1873]]
*November – [[1873 Newfoundland general election]].
*November 5 - [[Pacific Scandal]]: the [[Canadian House of Commons]] passes a [[vote of no confidence]] in Sir [[John A. Macdonald]]'s government
*November 5 – [[Pacific Scandal]]: the [[House of Commons of Canada]] passes a [[vote of no confidence]] in Sir [[John A. Macdonald]]'s government.
*November 7 - Pacific Scandal: Sir John A. resigns as [[Prime Minister of Canada]], and [[Alexander Mackenzie]] is appointed in his place
*November 7 – Pacific Scandal: Sir John A. resigns as [[Prime Minister of Canada]], and [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]] is appointed in his place.
*November 8 - [[Winnipeg]] incorporated as a city
*November 8 – [[Winnipeg]] incorporated as a city.

== Sport ==
*October 4 – The Argonauts Football Club ([[Toronto Argonauts]]) are established

==Smallpox==
In the opening speech to the 1872-1873 [[Epidemiological Society]] conference, Inspector-General Robert Lawson drew attention to the recent prevalence of [[haemorrhagic]] forms of [[smallpox]] in both the United States and Canada, among other countries. During the [[smallpox pandemic of 1870-1874]], the disease had been carried to America by emigrants, where it had already infected thousands, and killed hundreds in eastern cities such as Boston and New York.<ref name="RSM_Rolleston_19331201">{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1177/003591573302700245| issn = 0035-9157| volume = 27| issue = 2| pages = 177–192| last = Rolleston| first = J. D.| title = The Smallpox Pandemic of 1870–1874: President's Address| journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine| date = 1 December 1933| doi-access = free}}</ref>


==Births==
==Births==

===January to June===
===January to June===
[[Image:JEH MacDonald.jpg|thumb|right|100px|J. E. H. MacDonald]]
[[Image:JEH MacDonald.jpg|thumb|right|100px|J. E. H. MacDonald]]
*January 10 - [[George Orton]], middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist, first Canadian to win an Olympic medal (d.[[1958 in Canada|1958]])
*January 10 – [[George Orton]], middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medallist, first Canadian to win an Olympic medal (d.[[1958 in Canada|1958]])
*January 19 - [[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]], politician and 22nd [[Premier of British Columbia]] (d.[[1956 in Canada|1956]])
*January 19 – [[Thomas Dufferin Pattullo]], politician and 22nd [[Premier of British Columbia]] (d.[[1956 in Canada|1956]])
*February 4 - [[Étienne Desmarteau]], athlete and Olympic gold medalist (d.[[1905 in Canada|1905]])
*February 4 – [[Étienne Desmarteau]], athlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.[[1905 in Canada|1905]])
*April 9 - [[Walter Edward Foster]], businessman, politician and 16th [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (d.[[1947 in Canada|1947]])
*April 9 – [[Walter Edward Foster]], businessman, politician and 16th [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (d.[[1947 in Canada|1947]])
*April 10 - [[George Black (Canadian politician)|George Black]], politician (d.[[1965 in Canada|1965]])
*April 10 – [[George Black (Canadian politician)|George Black]], politician (d.[[1965 in Canada|1965]])
*May 12 - [[J. E. H. MacDonald]], artist of the [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]] (d.[[1932 in Canada|1932]])
*May 12 – [[J. E. H. MacDonald]], artist of the [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]] (d.[[1932 in Canada|1932]])
*May 17 - [[Albert Edward Matthews]], 16th Lieutenant Governor of [[Ontario]] (d.[[1949 in Canada|1949]])
*May 17 – [[Albert Edward Matthews]], 16th Lieutenant Governor of [[Ontario]] (d.[[1949 in Canada|1949]])


===July to December===
===July to December===
*August 27 - [[Maud Allan]], actor, dancer and choreographer (d.[[1956 in Canada|1956]])
*August 27 – [[Maud Allan]], actor, dancer and choreographer (d.[[1956 in Canada|1956]])
*September 20 - [[Sidney Olcott]], film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (d.[[1949 in Canada|1949]])
*September 20 – [[Sidney Olcott]], film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (d.[[1949 in Canada|1949]])
*October 20 - [[Nellie McClung]], feminist, politician and social activist (d.[[1951 in Canada|1951]])
*October 20 (or 29) – [[Nellie McClung]], feminist, politician and social activist (d.[[1951 in Canada|1951]])<ref name="MuirWhiteley1995">{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth Gillan Muir|author2=Marilyn Färdig Whiteley|title=Changing Roles of Women Within the Christian Church in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1Ww0sV1SrYC&pg=PA340|year=1995|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7623-6|pages=340–}}</ref>
*November 21 - [[Aimé Bénard]], politician (d.[[1938 in Canada|1938]])
*November 21 – [[Aimé Bénard]], politician (d.[[1938 in Canada|1938]])
*December 8 - [[John Duncan MacLean]], teacher, physician, politician and Premier of [[British Columbia]] (d.[[1948 in Canada|1948]])
*December 8 – [[John Duncan MacLean]], teacher, physician, politician and Premier of [[British Columbia]] (d.[[1948 in Canada|1948]])
*December 9 - [[George Blewett]], academic and philosopher (d.[[1912 in Canada|1912]])
*December 9 – [[George Blewett]], academic and philosopher (d.[[1912 in Canada|1912]])


===Full date unknown===
===Full date unknown===
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
[[Image:James William Johnston.jpg|thumb|right|100px|James William Johnston]]
[[Image:James William Johnston.jpg|thumb|right|100px|James William Johnston]]
*May 15 - [[William James Anderson]], physician, amateur geologist and historian (b.[[1812 in Canada|1812]])
*May 15 – [[William James Anderson]], physician, amateur geologist and historian (b.[[1812 in Canada|1812]])
*May 20 - [[George-Étienne Cartier]], politician and statesman (b.[[1814 in Canada|1814]])
*May 20 – [[George-Étienne Cartier]], politician and statesman (b.[[1814 in Canada|1814]])
*May 28 - [[Thomas Brown Anderson]], merchant, banker and politician (b.[[1796 in Canada|1796]])
*May 28 – [[Thomas Brown Anderson]], merchant, banker and politician (b.[[1796 in Canada|1796]])
*June 1 - [[Joseph Howe]], Premier of Nova Scotia (b.[[1804 in Canada|1804]])
*June 1 – [[Joseph Howe]], Premier of Nova Scotia (b.[[1804 in Canada|1804]])
*June 28 - [[Charles Connell]], politician (b.[[1810 in Canada|1810]])
*June 28 – [[Charles Connell]], politician (b.[[1810 in Canada|1810]])
*November 21 - [[James William Johnston]], lawyer, politician, and judge (b.[[1792 in Canada|1792]])
*November 21 – [[James William Johnston]], lawyer, politician, and judge (b.[[1792 in Canada|1792]])
*December 9 - [[William Steeves]], politician (b.[[1814 in Canada|1814]])
*December 9 – [[William Steeves]], politician (b.[[1814 in Canada|1814]])


==Historical documents==
Non-confidence moved in House of Commons over [[Pacific Scandal#Scandal|Government accepting election funding]] from group hoping to build CPR<ref>[http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC0201_01/196?r=0&s=2 "House of Commons; Wednesday, April 2, 1873"] ''House of Commons Debates; First Session – Second Parliament'', pg. 179. Accessed 24 September 2018</ref>

Why the [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|Governor General]] did not dismiss [[John A. Macdonald#Second majority and Pacific Scandal, 1872–1873|Prime Minister Macdonald]] over the [[Pacific Scandal]]<ref>Governor General Lord Dufferin, [http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/660/2.html Message: Papers Relative to the Prorogation of Parliament on the 13th Day of August 1873] (1873), especially pg. 17 and after. Accessed 15 September 2018</ref>

Metis leader [[Ambroise-Dydime Lépine|Ambroise Lepine]] sentenced to death for the murder of [[Thomas Scott (Orangeman)|Thomas Scott]] in 1870 at Red River<ref>[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/710/138.html "Sentence"] Preliminary Investigation and Trial of Ambroise D. Lepine for the Murder of Thomas Scott (1874), pgs. 124-7. Accessed 15 September 2018</ref>

House of Commons speeches on issues with [[First Nations in Canada|Indigenous people]] in the [[Northwest Territories]]<ref>Robert Cunningham; Donald Alexander Smith, [http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/666.html Speeches on the Indian Difficulties in the North-West, Delivered(...)in the House of Commons, April 1st, 1873] (1873). Accessed 15 September 2018</ref>

[[Israel Wood Powell (British Columbia politician)|British Columbia Indian superintendent]] reports on the economic activity of Indigenous people<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/first-nations/indian-affairs-annual-reports/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=215 "Abstract of the Report of J.W. Powell,(...)1873"] ''Annual Report on Indian Affairs, for Year Ending 30th June'', 1872, pgs. 7–10. Accessed 19 September 2018</ref>

==References==
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Events from the year 1873 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Events

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January to June 1873

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July to December

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Sport

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Smallpox

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In the opening speech to the 1872-1873 Epidemiological Society conference, Inspector-General Robert Lawson drew attention to the recent prevalence of haemorrhagic forms of smallpox in both the United States and Canada, among other countries. During the smallpox pandemic of 1870-1874, the disease had been carried to America by emigrants, where it had already infected thousands, and killed hundreds in eastern cities such as Boston and New York.[2]

Births

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January to June

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J. E. H. MacDonald

July to December

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Full date unknown

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Deaths

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James William Johnston

Historical documents

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Non-confidence moved in House of Commons over Government accepting election funding from group hoping to build CPR[4]

Why the Governor General did not dismiss Prime Minister Macdonald over the Pacific Scandal[5]

Metis leader Ambroise Lepine sentenced to death for the murder of Thomas Scott in 1870 at Red River[6]

House of Commons speeches on issues with Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories[7]

British Columbia Indian superintendent reports on the economic activity of Indigenous people[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ Rolleston, J. D. (1 December 1933). "The Smallpox Pandemic of 1870–1874: President's Address". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 27 (2): 177–192. doi:10.1177/003591573302700245. ISSN 0035-9157.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Gillan Muir; Marilyn Färdig Whiteley (1995). Changing Roles of Women Within the Christian Church in Canada. University of Toronto Press. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-0-8020-7623-6.
  4. ^ "House of Commons; Wednesday, April 2, 1873" House of Commons Debates; First Session – Second Parliament, pg. 179. Accessed 24 September 2018
  5. ^ Governor General Lord Dufferin, Message: Papers Relative to the Prorogation of Parliament on the 13th Day of August 1873 (1873), especially pg. 17 and after. Accessed 15 September 2018
  6. ^ "Sentence" Preliminary Investigation and Trial of Ambroise D. Lepine for the Murder of Thomas Scott (1874), pgs. 124-7. Accessed 15 September 2018
  7. ^ Robert Cunningham; Donald Alexander Smith, Speeches on the Indian Difficulties in the North-West, Delivered(...)in the House of Commons, April 1st, 1873 (1873). Accessed 15 September 2018
  8. ^ "Abstract of the Report of J.W. Powell,(...)1873" Annual Report on Indian Affairs, for Year Ending 30th June, 1872, pgs. 7–10. Accessed 19 September 2018
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