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1841 in Canada

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1841 in Canada

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Events from the year 1841 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Victoria

Federal government

  • Parliament: 1st (starting June 15)

Governors

  • Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (until 16 September); vacant then
  • Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
  • Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey
  • Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley
  • Governor of Canada West: John Clitherow then Richard Downes Jackson
  • Governor of Upper Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson

Premiers

  • Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
    • William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
    • Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier

Events

  • February 10 – The Union of Upper and Lower Canada establishes the Province of Canada.
  • June 15 – The 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada meets at Kingston.
  • October 2 – The Canada Gazette publishes its first issue.
  • December 20 – The Kingston Common Council establishes a police force.
  • The Dawn Settlement, in what is now Dresden, Ontario, is established to provide self-help for Blacks in agricultural communities.

Births

Wilfrid Laurier
  • January 15 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (died 1908)
  • March 9 – Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba (died 1903)
  • April 15 – Joseph E. Seagram, distillery founder, politician, philanthropist and racehorse owner (died 1919)
  • April 21 – Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880 (died 1921)
  • May 8 – John Norquay, politician and 5th Premier of Manitoba (died 1889)
  • August 3 – Juliana Horatio Ewing, poet and writer of children's novels set in Canada.(died 1885)
  • August 10
    • James David Edgar, politician (died 1899)
    • Oronhyatekha, Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (died 1907)
George William Ross
  • September 13 – George Airey Kirkpatrick, politician (died 1899)
  • September 18 – George William Ross, educator, politician and 5th Premier of Ontario (died 1914)
  • November 20 – Wilfrid Laurier, politician and 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1919)
  • December 23 – John Brown, politician, miller, mining consultant and prospector (died 1905)

References

References

  1. "Queen Victoria {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia".
  2. (2011-09-19). "Canada Gazette – 160 Years of the Canada Gazette – page 10". Canada Gazette.
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