1878 in Canada

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Events from the year 1878 in Canada.

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March 7 - Both the Université de Montréal and the University of Western Ontario are incorporated
March 8 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville
May 1 - In the Québec election, Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau's Conservatives win a minority
June - The New Brunswick election
June 25 - George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia for the second time, replacing Andrew Elliott
July 20 - The British Columbia election
September 17
- In the federal election, Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals
- In the Nova Scotia election, Simon Hugh Holmes's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Philip Carteret Hill's Liberals
October 16 - John Norquay becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Robert A. Davis
October 17 - Sir John A. Macdonald becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Alexander Mackenzie
October 22 - Simon Holmes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Philip Hill
December 18 - The Manitoba election

Anti-Chinese sentiment in British Columbia reaches a high point as the government bans Chinese workers from public works.
John James Fraser becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George King
The Newfoundland election

Ernest Charles Drury

January 11 - Percy Chapman Black, politician (d.1961)
January 13 - Lionel Groulx, priest, historian, Quebec nationalist and traditionalist (d.1967)
January 22 - Ernest Charles Drury, politician, writer and 8th Premier of Ontario (d.1968)
February 27 - William Herbert Burns, politician (d.1964)
February 28 - Arthur Roebuck, politician and labour lawyer (d.1971)
April 14 - John Walter Jones, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1954)
April 29 - Fawcett G. Taylor, politician
June 14 - Lewis St. George Stubbs, judge and politician (d.1958)
June 20 - Seymour J. Farmer, politician (d.1951)

Thomas Laird Kennedy

July 14 - Ernest Frederick Armstrong, politician (d.1948)
July 23 - James Thomas Milton Anderson, politician and 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1946)
August 15 - Thomas Laird Kennedy, politician and 15th Premier of Ontario (d.1959)
September 18 - William Sherring, marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist (d.1964)
December 8 - Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman (d.1973)
December 30 - William Aberhart, politician and 8th Premier of Alberta (d.1943)

February 23 - William Workman, businessman and municipal politician (b.1807)
April 3 - Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (b.1842)
April 12 - John Young, politician (b.1811)
May 13 - George Moffat, Sr., businessman and politician (b.1810)
May 20 - Lemuel Allan Wilmot, lawyer, politician, judge, and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1809)
November 3 - Pierre Bachand, politician (b.1835)
November 28 - Francis Evans Cornish, politician (b.1831)
December 6 - Jean-Baptiste Meilleur, doctor, educator and politician (b.1796)