1907 in Canada
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Events from the year 1907 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- March 6 - William Pugsley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Lemuel John Tweedie
- May 24 - Boer War Memorial (Montreal) unveiled
- May 30 - King Edward VII grants the Coat of Arms of Alberta
- May 31 - Clifford Robinson becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing William Pugsley
- August 24 - Part of the under-construction Quebec Bridge collapses in Quebec City killing 75 construction workers and injuring 11.
- September 7
- An anti-Asian riot attacks Vancouver's Chinatown
- Alexander Grant MacKay is elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
- September 14 - Jasper National Park established.
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- The National Council for Women demands "equal pay for equal work"
- The world's first rotary telephone came into use at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
- The first Sobeys opens in Stellarton, Nova Scotia
[edit] Arts and literature
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[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 14 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, politician (d.1985)
- January 26 - Hans Selye, endocrinologist (d.1982)
- February 9 - Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, geometer (d.2003)
- March 20 - Hugh MacLennan, author and professor of English (d.1990)
- March 24 - Paul Sauvé, lawyer, soldier, politician and 17th Premier of Quebec (d.1960)
- April 16 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor, businessman and founder of Bombardier Inc. (d.1964)
- April 17 - Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger, politician (d.1989)
[edit] July to December
- July 6 - George Stanley, historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant and designer of the current Canadian flag (d.2002)
- August 5 - Herman Linder, rodeoist
- August 24 - Alfred Belzile, politician and farmer
- September 3 - Andrew Brewin, lawyer and politician (d.1983)
- September 15 - Fay Wray, actress (d.2004)
- October 20 - Carl Goldenberg, lawyer, arbitrator, mediator and Senator (d.1996)
- November 19 - Frederick Thomas Armstrong, politician (d.1990)
- November 21 - Christie Harris, children's author (d.2002)
- December 7 - Fred Rose, politician and trade union organizer (d.1983)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- January 1 - William Pearce Howland, politician (b.1811)
- January 25 - Andrew George Blair, politician and 6th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1844)
- January 31 - Timothy Eaton, businessman and founder of Eaton's (b.1834)
- March 3 - Oronhyatekha, Mohawk physician and scholar (b.1841)
- March 8 - Edward Cochrane, politician (b.1834)
- March 20 - Louis Adolphe Billy, politician and lawyer (b.1834)
- April 6 - William Henry Drummond, poet (b.1854)
- June 12 - John Waldie, politician (b.1833)
[edit] July to December
- August 10 - James Brien, politician and physician (b.1848)
- September 26 - Alexander Gunn, politician (b.1828)
- October 10 - Cassie Chadwick, fraudster (b.1857)
- October 13 - Harvey William Burk, politician and farmer (b.1822)
- November 6 - James Hector, geologist, naturalist and surgeon (b.1834)
