See also: 1866 in Canada, other events of 1867, 1868 in Canada.

Events from the year 1867 in Canada.

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Victoria
• Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald
• Premier of Nova Scotia - Charles Tupper replaced by Hiram Blanchard replaced by William Annand

[edit] Events

• February 16—John A. Macdonald marries his second wife [Susan Agnes Bernard] ^[1]
• March 29—Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act, 1867
• July 1—The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act.
• July 1—Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada
• July 4—Hiram Blanchard becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Charles Tupper
• July 15—Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau becomes the first premier of Quebec.
• July 16—J. S. Macdonald becomes the first premier of Ontario
• August 7-September 20—The 1867 Canadian election sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected as government
• September 3—Ontario election: J. S. Macdonald Liberal-Conservatives win a minority
• November 6—the 1st Canadian Parliament meets
• November 7—William Annand becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Hiram Blanchard
• Andrew R. Wetmore becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Mitchell

[edit] Births

• January 25 - Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia (d.1937)
• February 2 - Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (d.1937)
• February 7 - John Livingstone Brown, politician (d.1953)
• February 20 - Flora Denison, feminist
• March 5 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, politician and 14th Premier of Quebec (d.1952)
• March 31 - Noah Timmins, mining developer and executive (d.1936)
• October 19 - Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie, feminist and social activist (d.1945)
• October 27 - Thomas Walter Scott, Politician and first Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1938)
• November 1 - Newton Rowell, lawyer and politician (d.1941)
• December 3 - William John Bowser, politician and Premier of British Columbia (d.1933)

[edit] Deaths

• December 10 - Edward Whelan, journalist and politician (b.1824)

[edit] References