1863 in Canada
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1862 in Canada
1862 in Canada
See also:1861 in Canada,other events of 1862,1863 in Canada.----Events from the year 1862 in Canada.-Events:*April 7 - United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed....
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other events of 1863,
1864 in Canada
1864 in Canada
See also:1863 in Canada,other events of 1864,1865 in Canada.----Events from the year 1864 in Canada.-Events:*June 29 - A train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Canada East...
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Events from the year 1863 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Alexander BannermanAlexander BannermanSir Alexander Bannerman was a British merchant, vintner, politician and colonial governor.-Background:...
- Governor of New Brunswick — Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
- Governor of Nova Scotia — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of NormanbyGeorge Phipps, 2nd Marquess of NormanbyGeorge Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, GCB, GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Normanby between 1831 and 1838 and Earl of Mulgrave between 1838 and 1863, was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor.-Background:Normanby was born in London, the son of Constantine Phipps, 1st...
- Governor of Prince Edward Island — George DundasGeorge DundasGeorge Dundas CMG was a Scottish Tory politician and colonial administrator.Born in England, he was the eldest son of James Dundas, and resided in Dundas Castle. Dundas purchased a Second Lieutenantcy in the Rifle Brigade in 1839, serving in various places such as Bermuda and Nova Scotia...
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada -
- John Sandfield MacdonaldJohn Sandfield MacdonaldJohn Sandfield Macdonald, QC was the first Premier of the province of Ontario, one of the four founding provinces created at the confederation of Canada in 1867...
, Canada West Premier - Louis-Victor SicotteLouis-Victor SicotteLouis-Victor Sicotte was a lawyer, judge and politician in Lower Canada.He was born Louis Cicot in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1812. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1839...
, Canada East Premier until May 15, 1863 - Antoine-Aimé DorionAntoine-Aimé DorionSir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...
, Canada East Premier on May 15, 1863
- John Sandfield Macdonald
- Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh HoylesHugh HoylesSir Hugh Hoyles was a politician and lawyer who served as the third premier of the Newfoundland Colony. Hoyles was the first premier of Newfoundland to have been born in the colony, and served from 1861 to 1865. Born in St...
- Premiers of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard TilleySamuel Leonard TilleySir Samuel Leonard Tilley, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family...
- Premiers of Nova Scotia -
- Joseph HoweJoseph HoweJoseph Howe, PC was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, and public servant. He is one of Nova Scotia's greatest and best-loved politicians...
(until June 5, 1863) - James William JohnstonJames William JohnstonJames W. Johnston was a Nova Scotia lawyer and politician. He served as Premier of the colony from 1857 to 1860 and again from 1864. He was also Government Leader prior to the granting of responsible government in 1848. He was a Conservative and supporter of Confederation...
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- Joseph Howe
- Premier of Prince Edward Island -
- Edward Palmer (before March 2, 1863)
- John Hamilton GrayJohn Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician)John Hamilton Gray was Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1863 – 1865 and one of the Fathers of Confederation...
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Parliaments and Assemblies
- 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada7th Parliament of the Province of CanadaThe 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from 1861 to May 1863. Elections were held in the Province of Canada in 1861. This was the first election in Canada to use a list of eligible voters prepared before the election. All sessions were held in Quebec City...
- 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada8th Parliament of the Province of CanadaThe 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada was in session from 1863 to July 1866. Elections were held in the Province of Canada in August 1863. Sessions were held in Quebec City until 1866; the last session was held in Ottawa....
- 19th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly19th New Brunswick Legislative AssemblyThe 19th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 12, 1862 and February 8, 1865.The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon....
- 22nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia22nd General Assembly of Nova ScotiaThe 23rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia between 1864 and 1867.The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, Charles Hastings Doyle. Richard Graves MacDonnell was governor for Nova Scotia from May 1864 to October 1865. William Fenwick Williams...
- 21st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island21st General Assembly of Prince Edward IslandThe 21st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between April 12, 1859 and 1863. An elected assembly had been dissolved by the governor earlier in 1859 because it could not choose a speaker....
- 22nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island22nd General Assembly of Prince Edward IslandThe 22nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island represented the colony of Prince Edward Island between March 3, 1863 and 1867.The Assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of Prince Edward Island, George Dundas...
Events
- March 17 — U.S. gives notice of intent to abrogate reciprocityReciprocity (Canadian politics)In nineteenth and early twentieth century Canadian politics, the term reciprocity was used to describe the concept of free trade with the United States of America...
. - September 5 — Louis-Victor SicotteLouis-Victor SicotteLouis-Victor Sicotte was a lawyer, judge and politician in Lower Canada.He was born Louis Cicot in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1812. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1839...
appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court for Saint-Hyacinthe District - December 7 — New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
and Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
: the Chesapeake Incident. - Militia ActMilitia ActThere have been many statutes known as Militia Act.* The King's Sole Right over the Militia Act 1661 - England* Militia Act of 1757, creating a militia to defend Britain during the Seven Years War...
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Births
- February 3 — James WhiteJames White (geographer)James White was a Canadian geographer. White studied geology at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. In 1883, he became the Geographer and Chief Draftsman for the Geological Survey of Canada...
, geographer - May 19 — John Alexander MathiesonJohn Alexander MathiesonJohn Alexander Mathieson was a Prince Edward Island politician and jurist, the 12th Premier.Mathieson was born in Harrington and was a graduate of Prince of Wales College...
, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
(d.19471947 in Canada-Events:*January 1 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect*January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests*February 13 - Oil is discovered near Leduc, Alberta...
) - July 1 — William Grant StairsWilliam Grant StairsWilliam Grant Stairs was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two of the most controversial expeditions in the history of the colonisation of Africa.-Education:...
, explorer, soldier and adventurer (d.18921892 in Canada-Events:*June 29 - John Robson, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office*July 2 - Theodore Davie becomes Premier of British Columbia*July 8 - Two-thirds of St. Johns, Newfoundland, destroyed in a fire*November 24 - Sir John Abbott resigns as Prime Minister...
) - October 4 — Peter VeniotPeter VeniotPeter John Veniot, PC was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was the first Acadian premier of the province of New Brunswick....
, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New BrunswickPremier of New BrunswickThe Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
(d.19361936 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI*Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister: Mackenzie King*Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King*Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie...
) - October 10 — Louis CyrLouis CyrLouis Cyr was a famous Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds with one finger and carrying 4,337 pounds on his back, show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness...
, strongman (d.19121912 in Canada-Events:*February 1 - Strathcona merges with Edmonton, Alberta*April 1 - The Parliament of Canada passes Quebec Boundaries Extension Act that transferred to the Province of Quebec the territory bounded by the Eastmain River, the Labrador coast, and Hudson and Ungava Bays, extending the northern...
) - November 14 — Edward Foster, fingerprint expert
Deaths
- January 17 — Peter Warren DeasePeter Warren DeasePeter Warren Dease was a Canadian fur trader and arctic explorer.-Early life:Peter Warren Dease was born at Michilimackinac on January 1, 1788, the fourth son of Dr. John Dease, captain and deputy agent of Indian Affairs, and Jane French, Catholic Mohawk from Caughnawaga...
, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (b.17881788 in Canada-Events:* Attorney-General Monk and Solicitor-General Williams are of opinion that, as the Jesuits have no civil existence as a Canadian corporation, their estates accrue to the Crown.* Ontario is divided into five districts, under English law.-Births:...
) - January 31 — Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of TorontoSir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of TorontoSir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet CB, was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.Robinson was born in 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Christopher Robinson, a United Empire Loyalist of one of the First Families of Virginia, whose grandfather came there in 1641 as...
, lawyer, judge and political figure (b.17911791 in Canada-Events:* 1791-95 - British Captain George Vancouver explores Northwest Coast exhaustively with two ships, but finds no Northwest Passage.* Edmund Burke supports the proposed constitution for Canada, saying that: "To attempt to amalgamate two populations, composed of races of men diverse in...
) - November 20 — James Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
, Governor General (b.18111811 in Canada-Events:* John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company establishes a post at mouth of the Columbia River.* David Thompson follows Columbia to Pacific and finishes charting entire length of the river....
) - December 10 — James FitzGibbonJames FitzGibbonJames FitzGibbon was a British soldier and hero of the War of 1812.Born to Garrett FitzGibbon and Mary Widenham in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland, he enlisted in the Knight of Glin's Yeomanry Corps at age 15...
, British colonel who served in Canada for 45 years (b.17801780 in Canada-Events:* May 19: an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. This has never been explained, though clouds of smoke from massive forest fires are the most likely cause....
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