We close out the 1880s in Canada today with a look at 1889. Overall, it was a quiet year. On Feb. 11, Andrew Elliott would pass away in San Francisco. He had been born in Ireland in 1829 and by 1866, was the High Sheriff for the Colony of British...
Other posts in this series at end of post 1927 For the first time in some time, the leaders of the two main parties in Quebec would not change leaders when the next election came along, four years after the last one. Louis-Alexandre Taschereau...