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• February 1 - Andrew Elliott becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem
• July 1 - The Intercolonial Railway connecting central Canada to the Maritimes is completed
• August - Sir Louis Henry Davies becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Lemuel Cambridge Owen
• August 10 - The world's first long-distance phone call connects the Bell residence with a shoe and boot store in nearby Paris, Ontario.
• The Indian Act defines the special status and land regulations of aboriginal peoples who live on reservesIn Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. The Act also specifies that land reserved for the; they have no vote in Canadian electionSee also Election (movie) for the film directed by Alexander Payne For the Theological concept of election, see Predestination An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills and are exempt from taxA tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to a government. Taxes may be paid in cash or kind (although payments in kind may not always be allowed or classified as taxes in all systems). The means of taxation, and the uses to which thees
• The District of Keewatin (incorporating the disputed area between Ontario and Manitoba) is separated from the North-West Territories.
• The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrageSuffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that context it is also called political franchise''. Universal suffrage is the extension of voting privileges to all adults, without distinction to race, sex, belief or social status. movement.

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