Timeline of Quebec history (1900–1930)
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1867 to 1899 | 1900 to 1930 History of Quebec |
1931 to 1959 |
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the beginning of the 20th century and the Westminster statute.
- 1900 - Alphonse Desjardins founds the first credit union in North America.
- 1900 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1904 - Henri Bourassa pleads in favour of bilingualism in the institutions of the federal government.
- 1904 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1907 - The Montreal Chamber of Commerce founds the École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal.
- 1908 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1912 - The Parliament of Canada extends the northern boundary of Quebec to Hudson Strait by passing The Boundaries Extension Act.
- 1912 - Ontario limits the teaching in French to grades one and two of elementary school with Regulation 17.
- 1912 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1914 - Beginning of First World War.
- 1916 - English becomes the only authorized language of instruction in Manitoba. The province's important French-speaking population is forced to attend English schools until 1970.
- 1916 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1917 - There are riots in Quebec as the federal government enforces conscription. See Conscription Crisis of 1917.
- 1918 - Lionel Groulx, becomes the first priest to publicly denounce the injustices against French speakers. He denounces the unilingual English face of Montreal, the absence of bilingual coins and bank notes, and the absence of French in Ottawa, the federal capital.
- 1919 - On May 8, the branch of Université Laval built in Montreal in 1878 becomes autonomous and is renamed Université de Montréal.
- 1919 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1921 - The Klu Klux Klan, establishes itself in Montreal. The group is believed to be behind many criminal fires that destroyed religious institutions.
- 1922 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier engineers the first prototype of a snowmobile, the Snowdog. The first fully operational unit will be assembled in 1935.
- 1923 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
- 1927 - Quebec general election: Liberals win.
1867 to 1899 | 1900 to 1930 History of Quebec |
1931 to 1959 |