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1854 in Canada

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1854 in Canada

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Events from the year 1854 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • Monarch — Victoria

Federal government

Governors

  • Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Edmund Walker Head
  • Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
  • Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head, John Manners-Sutton
  • Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant
  • 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 New Brunswick — Charles Fisher
  • Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke
  • Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl

Events

  • January 27 – The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.
  • June 6 – The Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty is signed.
  • October 27 – A Great Western Railway passenger train collides with the tail end of gravel train at Baptiste Creek, Canada West. At least 52 people are killed.
  • Establishment of the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia.
  • St. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies, later to be known as St. Joseph's College School, was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto.
  • Sale of the Clergy Reserves in Canada West marking the end of any form of established religion in Canada.

Births

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  • April 13 – William Henry Drummond, poet (died 1907)
  • May 21 – Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1920)
  • June 8 – Douglas Colin Cameron, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1921)
  • June 26 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1937)
  • August 29 – Arthur Peters, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1908)
  • September 1 – James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (died 1925)

Deaths

  • January 20 – Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (born 1789)
  • September 19 – Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator (born 1784)

References

References

  1. "Queen Victoria {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia".
  2. Edwards, Mary Jane. "Drummond, William Henry".
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