1867 in Canada
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Events from the year1867 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Crown
[edit]January to June
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Governor General of Canada–Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick– vacant
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia–Sir William Fenwick Williams
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of Canada–Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau
- Premier of New Brunswick–Peter Mitchell
- Premier of Nova Scotia–Charles Tupper
July to December
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Governor General–Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
- Prime Minister–John A. Macdonald(from July 1)
- Parliament–1st(from November 6)
Provincial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick–Charles Hastings Doyle(until October 18) thenFrancis Pym Harding
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia–Sir William Fenwick Williams(until October 18) thenCharles Hastings Doyle
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario–Henry William Stisted
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec–Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of New Brunswick–Andrew Rainsford Wetmore(from August 16)
- Premier of Nova Scotia–Hiram Blanchard(July 4 – September 30) thenWilliam Annand(from November 4)
- Premier of Ontario–John Sandfield Macdonald(from July 16)
- Premier of Quebec–Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau(from July 15)
Events
[edit]- February 16 –John A. Macdonaldmarries his second wifeSusan Agnes Bernard.[2]
- March 29 –Queen Victoriagives royal assent to theBritish North America Act, 1867.
- July 1 – TheProvince of Canada,Nova Scotia,andNew Brunswickare united into the Dominion of Canada by theBritish North America Act.
- July 1 – SirJohn A. Macdonaldbecomes the firstprime ministerof the Dominion of Canada.
- July 1 – TheWindsor Police Serviceis established.
- July 4 –Hiram Blanchardbecomes premier ofNova Scotia,replacingCharles Tupper.
- July 15 –Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveaubecomes the first premier ofQuebec.
- July 16 –J. S. Macdonaldbecomes the first premier of Ontario.
- August 7 – September 20 – The1867 Canadian electionsees John A. Macdonald'sConservativeselected as government.
- September 3 – The1867 Ontario election:J. S. Macdonald Liberal-Conservatives win a minority.
- September 18 – The1867 Nova Scotia election
- November 6 – The1st Canadian Parliamentmeets.
- November 7 –William Annandbecomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacingHiram Blanchard.
- December 7 – Thefirst federal budgetis presented byFinance MinisterJohn Rose.[3]
Full date unknown
[edit]- Andrew R. Wetmorebecomes premier of New Brunswick, replacingPeter Mitchell.
- The1867 Quebec election
- TheParliamentary Press Galleryis established.
- Fall:Henry Seth Taylor steam buggydebuts at the Stanstead Fall Fair in Quebec, believed to be Canada's first car.
Births
[edit]- January 25 –Simon Fraser Tolmie,politician and 21stPremier of British Columbia(died1937)
- February 2 –Charles E. Saunders,agronomist (died1937)
- February 7 –John Livingstone Brown,politician (died1953)
- February 20 –Flora Denison,feminist
- March 5 –Louis-Alexandre Taschereau,politician and 14thPremier of Quebec(died1952)
- March 31 –Noah Timmins,mining developer and executive (died1936)
- June 30 –Napoléon Turcot,politician (died1939)
- August 9 –Charles Ballantyne,politician (died1950)
- October 19 –Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie,feminist and social activist (died1945)
- October 27 –Thomas Walter Scott,Politician and first Premier ofSaskatchewan(died1938)
- November 1 –Newton Rowell,lawyer and politician (died1941)
- December 3 –William John Bowser,politician and Premier ofBritish Columbia(died1933)
Deaths
[edit]- July 23 –Samuel Harrison,farmer, lawyer, mill owner, politician, judge and 1stJoint Premiers of the Province of Canada(born1802)
- August 25 –Pierre-Flavien Turgeon,Archbishop of Quebec(born1787)
- September 7 –Jesse Ketchum,tanner, politician, and philanthropist (born1782)
- November 1 –John Strachan,firstAnglicanBishop of Toronto(born1778)
- December 10 –Edward Whelan,journalist and politician (born1824)
Historical documents
[edit]British House of Commonsdebates Confederation[4]
In firstSpeech from the Throne,Governor General Moncklists legislative agenda, includingeastern railwayand western expansion[5]
Thomas D'Arcy McGeelectures on the state of cultural development in Canada[6]
Court validates a "country marriage,"allowing aMetisman to inherit[7]
Report onAnglicanmission work among and by Indigenous people inRupert's Land[8]
Photo:St. RegisLacrosseClub[9]
References
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- ^"Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.Retrieved5 December2022.
- ^"The Prime Ministers of Canada – John A. Macdonald Quickfacts".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-04-15.Retrieved2006-11-25.
- ^"Archived – Budget 2010 – The Budget Process".Department of Finance Canada.Retrieved2012-04-08.
- ^"Imperial Parliament, House of Commons, Federation of American Colonies, February 28"The (Auckland, N.Z.) Daily Southern Cross, Vol. XXIII, No. 3,076 (May 27, 1867), pg. 6. Accessed 9 September 2018 (See alsoJohn A. Macdonald's commentthat British foreign minister objected to "Kingdom" of Canada term in draft bill)
- ^"His Excellency the Governor General"Minutes of Proceedings of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada (November 7, 1867), pgs. 8-9. (See1877 mapof Intercolonial Railway and modernTerritorial Evolutionmaps) Accessed 27 November 2021
- ^Thomas D'Arcy McGee,"The Mental Outfit of the New Dominion"The (Montreal) Gazette, November 5, 1867. Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^John Connolly, plaintiff vs. Julia Woolrich, defendant and Thomas R. Johnson, et al., executors and defendants par reprise d'instanceSuperior Court, Montreal (1867). Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^Right Rev. Robert Machray, Diocese of Rupert's Land, Church of England, Report of the Second Conference of Clergy and Lay-Delegates from Parishes in the Diocese of Rupert's Land (1867),pgs. 21-3.Accessed 9 September 2018
- ^William Notman,"St. Regis Lacrosse Club"(1867), McCord Museum. Accessed 18 May 2022