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• January 22 - Federal election: Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals win a majority
• February - Louis Riel is elected to the House of Commons but cannot take the seat.
• February 11 - George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Amor De Cosmos
• July 8 - Marc-Amable Girard becomes premier of Manitoba for the second time, replacing Henry Clarke
• July 26 - Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
• September 22 - Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of QuebecQuebec ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National Motto: Je me souviens (I remember CapitalLargest city Quebec City Montreal Area Total % fresh water 2nd largest(1st lgst prov. 1 542 056 km² 11,5% Population Total (2004) Density Ranked 2nd 7 509 928 5,43/km² Admi, replacing Gédéon OuimetGedeon Ouimet ( June 2, 1823 April 23, 1905) was born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada He served as Conservative Premier of the province of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. Elections as party leader None.
• December 3 - Robert Davis becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable Girard
• Anabaptists (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies.
• The federal Liberal government grants provisional boundaries to Ontario that extend the province to the north and west. These provisional boundaries will not be recognized by the federal Conservatives when they return to power.

2 Births

• December 17December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 14 days remaining. Events 283 St Gaius becomes Pope. 384 St Siricius becomes Pope. 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England 1869 Suez C - William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King Rank 10th Date of Birth December 17, 1874 Place of Birth Kitchener, Ontario Marriage never married Profession lawyer Political Party Liberal Party of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King ( December 17, 1874 July 22, 1950) was the

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