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1900 in Canada

January 8 - Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway
February 18-February 27 - Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeburg
February 27 - Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia
February 28 - Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia
March 16 - Boer War: - Lord Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa
April 25 - Two thirds of Hull, Quebec is destroyed in a fire. Three are killed
June 15 - James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin
August 31 - Lemuel Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson
October 8 - Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Félix-Gabriel Marchand
October 29 - Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald
November 7 - Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
November 7 - Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins, three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement.
December 6 - Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America.
The federal government doubles head tax on Chinese immigrants
The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time

Lucius Richard O'Brien: Painter, the first president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art

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