1898 in Canada - Definition
See also:
1897 in Canada
,
other events of 1898
,
1899 in Canada
and the
list of 'years in Canada'
.
Events
March 1
-
1898 Ontario election
:
A. S. Hardy
's Liberals win a majority
June 13
-
Yukon
becomes a distinct territory from the
North-West Territories
July 29
-
White Pass and Yukon Railway
opens
August
-
Donald Farquharson
becomes
Premier of Prince Edward Island
, replacing
A. B. Warburton
August 8
-
John Herbert Turner
is dismissed as premier of British Columbia
August 15
-
Charles Semlin
becomes premier of British Columbia
September 11
-
New Westminster, British Columbia
destroyed by fire
Kit Coleman
covers the
Spanish-American War
as Canada's first female
war correspondent
Births
May 20
-
Paul Gouin
, Quebec politician
May 27
-
William Arthur Irwin
, journalist
July 7
-
Hugh Keenleyside
, diplomat
August 23
-
Brooke Claxton
, politician
August 27
-
Gaspard Fauteux
, politician
November 8
-
Marie Prevost
, actor
December 1
-
Stuart Garson
, Premier of Manitoba
George Lawrence Price
, last soldier killed in WWI
Maurice Spector
, communist
Deaths
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