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Events from the year 1900 in Canada.

[edit] Events

[edit] January to June

• 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.

Hull fire on April 26, 1900.

• April 26 - Two-thirds of Hull, Quebec, is destroyed in a fire.
• June 15 - James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin.

[edit] July to December

• 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.

[edit] Full date unknown

• The federal government doubles the head tax on Chinese immigrants
• The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Births

[edit] January to June

• January 8 - Solon Earl Low, politician (d.1962)
• February 20 - Graham Spry, broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist (d.1983)
• March 12 - David Croll, politician (d.1991)
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  Roland Michener
• April 19 - Roland Michener, lawyer, politician, diplomat and Governor-General of Canada (d.1991)
• April 30 - David Manners, actor (d.1998)
• May 25 - Alain Grandbois, poet (d.1975)
• May 25 - Malcolm Norris, Métis leader (d.1967)
• May 29 - Antonio Talbot, politician (d.1980)
• June 3 - Gordon Sinclair, journalist, writer and commentator (d.1984)
• June 21 - Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (d.1939)

[edit] July to December

• August 13 - Gordon Sparling, filmmaker (d.1994)
• September 6 - W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia (d.1979)
• November 20 - Athole Shearer, actress (d.1985)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Harry Cassidy, academic, social reformer and civil servant (d.1951)

[edit] Deaths

• August 11 - Georges-Isidore Barthe, lawyer, publisher, journalist and politician (b.1834)
• December 21 - Désiré Olivier Bourbeau, politician and merchant (b.1834)