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1852 in Canada

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1852 in Canada

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Events from the year 1852 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • Monarch — Victoria

Federal government

  • Parliament: 4th

Governors

  • Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
  • Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
  • Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head
  • Governor of Nova Scotia — John Harvey
  • Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly

Premiers

  • Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
    • Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier
    • Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier
  • Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke
  • Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl

Events

  • January 15 – Trinity College opens.
  • July 8 – Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal.
  • October – The Bank of Montreal issues notes like the Bank of England's; denomination water-marked.
  • October 25 – The Toronto Stock Exchange opens.
  • November 10 – The Grand Trunk Railway Company is incorporated to build a railway between Toronto and Montreal.
  • December 8 – Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.

Full date unknown

Births

Theodore Davie
  • January 1 – Alexander Bethune, politician and 12th Mayor of Vancouver (died 1947)
  • March 22 – Theodore Davie, lawyer, politician and 9th Premier of British Columbia (died 1898)
  • April 5 – Alexander Warburton, politician, jurist, author and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1929)
  • August 19 – John Andrew Davidson, politician (died 1903)
  • September 9 – Fletcher Bath Wade, politician and barrister (died 1905)
  • September 24 – Joseph Martin, lawyer, politician and 13th Premier of British Columbia (died 1923)
  • November 2 – Paul Tourigny, politician (died 1926)

Deaths

  • April 3 – Alexander Rankin, timber merchant, justice of the peace, politician, and office holder (born 1788)
  • November 3 – Francis Gore, colonial administrator (born 1769)

References

References

  1. "Queen Victoria {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia".
  2. Staff, Financial Post. (2011-02-08). "Timeline: 160 years of the Toronto Stock Exchange". Financial Post.
  3. Peltenburg, Adam. "Grand Trunk Railway". Toronto Railway Historical Association.
  4. Cadigan, Sean. (2017-06-22). "Newfoundland and Labrador: A History". University of Toronto Press.
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