Events from the year 1887 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown Monarch – Victoria
Federal government Governor General – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald Chief Justice – William Johnstone Ritchie (New Brunswick) Parliament – 5th (until 15 January) then 6th (from 13 April)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Clement Francis Cornwall (until February 8) then Hugh Nelson Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Cox Aikins Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Samuel Leonard Tilley Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Matthew Henry Richey Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Beverley Robinson (until June 1) then Alexander Campbell Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Andrew Archibald Macdonald Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Rodrigue Masson (until October 4) then Auguste-Réal Angers
Premiers Premier of British Columbia – William Smithe (until March 28) then Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (from April 1) Premier of Manitoba – John Norquay (until December 26) then David Howard Harrison Premier of New Brunswick – Andrew George Blair Premier of Nova Scotia – William Stevens Fielding Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat Premier of Prince Edward Island – William Wilfred Sullivan Premier of Quebec – John Jones Ross (until January 25) then Louis-Olivier Taillon (January 25 to January 27) then Honoré Mercier
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – James Cox Aikins Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Edgar Dewdney
Events January 25 – Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon becomes premier of Quebec, replacing John Jones Ross. January 27 – Honoré Mercier becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon. February 22 – Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority. March 3 – The United States imposes the Fisheries Retaliation Act putting limits on Canadian fishermen and traders March 28 – William Smithe, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office. April 1 – Alexander Davie becomes premier of British Columbia. April 23 – McMaster University founded May 3 – 148 coal miners are killed in a mine explosion near Nanaimo, British Columbia June 7 – Wilfrid Laurier becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Canada June 20 – Golden Jubilee of Victoria's accession as Queen December 3 – Saturday Night founded December 26 – David H. Harrison becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Norquay. The first premiers' conference is held at Quebec City, Quebec
Births
January to June January 21 – Georges Vézina, ice hockey player (d.1926) February 20 – Vincent Massey, lawyer, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (d.1967) February 25 – Andrew McNaughton, army officer, politician and diplomat (d.1966) April 13 – Gordon S. Fahrni, medical doctor (d.1995) May 21 – James Gladstone, first Status Indian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada (d.1971)
July to December July 4 – Tom Longboat, long-distance runner (d.1949) July 5 – Joseph Charles-Émile Trudeau, entrepreneur and father of Pierre Trudeau, who would later become Prime Minister of Canada (d.1935) September 17 – Georges Poulin, hockey player (d. 1971) October 8 – Huntley Gordon, actor (d. 1956) October 14 – Frances Loring, sculptor (d.1968) December 20 – Walter Russell Shaw, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1981)
Deaths February 25 – Augustin-Magloire Blanchet, missionary (b.1797) March 28 – William Smithe, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (b.1842) May 4 – William Murdoch, poet (b.1823) May 8 – Sir William Young, Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1799) June 25 – Matthew Crooks Cameron, lawyer, judge and politician (b.1822) August 18 – John Palliser, explorer and geographer (b.1817) October 11 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (b.1829) October 12 – William Annand, 2nd Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1808)
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