Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1871 in Canada, other events of 1872, 1873 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events March 14 - Henry Clarke becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable Girard March 31 - The first issues of the Toronto Mail, that would later be merged into the Globe and Mail is published May 15 - In the first nationwide labour protest marchers across the land press for the nine-hour workday. June 25 - Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin becomes Governor General of Canada July 20 - October 12 - In the 1872 Canadian election John A. Macdonald's Conservatives are re-elected. October 15 - The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is formed October 25 - Sir Oliver Mowat becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Edward Blake October 31 - Oliver Mowat becomes Premier of Ontario replaces the retiring Edward Blake December 23 - Amor De Cosmos becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John McCreight The Dominion Lands Act provides land to settlers for only a small fee The Manitoba Free Press is first published Simpson's founded A British Columbia law bans all Asian and First Nations peoples from voting. George King becomes premier of New Brunswick for the second time, replacing George Hatheway Births October 17 - Samuel Wickett, economist November 30 - John McCrae, poet Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.