   events from the year 1889 in canada. ==incumbents== === crown === * head of state (monarch) â queen victoria (consort â vacant) === federal government === * governor general â frederick stanley (viceregal consort â lady constance villiers) * prime minister â john a. macdonald === provincial governments === ==== lieutenant governors ==== *lieutenant governor of british columbia â hugh nelson *lieutenant governor of manitoba â john christian schultz *lieutenant governor of new brunswick â samuel leonard tilley *lieutenant governor of nova scotia â archibald mclelan *lieutenant governor of ontario â alexander campbell *lieutenant governor of prince edward island â a.a. macdonald (until september 2) then jedediah slason carvell *lieutenant governor of quebec â auguste-rÃ©al angers ==== premiers ==== *premier of british columbia â alexander edmund batson davie (until august 1) then john robson (from august 2) *premier of manitoba â thomas greenway *premier of new brunswick â andrew george blair *premier of nova scotia â william stevens fielding *premier of ontario â oliver mowat *premier of prince edward island â william wilfred sullivan (until november 1) then neil mcleod *premier of quebec â honorÃ© mercier === territorial governments === ==== lieutenant governors ==== * lieutenant governor of the northwest territories - joseph royal ==== premiers ==== * chairman of the lieutenant-governor's advisory council of the northwest territories - robert brett ==events== *august 1 - alexander davie, premier of british columbia, dies in office. *august 2 - john robson becomes premier of british columbia. *september 19 - a rock slide in quebec city kills 45 *november - neil mcleod becomes premier of prince edward island, replacing sir william wilfred sullivan. *november 6 - newfoundland election: william whiteway's liberals win a majority, defeating robert thorburn's reforms ===full date unknown=== *the dominion women enfranchisement association is created to campaign for women's right to vote *an act of the british parliament gives control of northern ontario to the
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