title: Timeline of the Premiership of Alexander Mackenzie
text: # Timeline of the Premiership of Alexander Mackenzie
  
  The following is a timeline of the Premiership of Alexander Mackenzie, who served as the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873, to October 8, 1878.
  
  ## 1873
  
  * November 8 – Winnipeg is incorporated.
  
  ## 1874
  
  * January 22 – Mackenzie leads the Liberal Party to its first majority government in the 1874 Canadian federal election.
  * March 26 – The 3rd Canadian Parliament enters session.
  * May 29 – The Dominion Elections Act is passed, introducing the secret ballot and abolishing property qualifications.
  
  ## 1875
  
  * April 8 – The Supreme and Exchequer Courts Act is passed, establishing the Supreme Court of Canada.
  * June 1 – The Canadian Pacific Railway begins construction.
  
  ## 1876
  
  * April 12 – The Indian Act is passed, defining many interactions between Indigenous Canadians and the Canadian Government.
  * July 1 – The Intercolonial Railway is completed, connecting Central Canada to the Maritimes.
  * October 7 – The District of Keewatin is created from the North-West Territories.
  
  ## 1877
  
  * September 22 – Treaty 7 is signed between the Canadian Government and seven First Nations band governments.
  
  ## 1878
  
  * September 17 – Mackenzie's Liberal Party is defeated in the 1878 Canadian federal election by John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party.
  