1831 in Canada

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Events from the year 1831 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: William IV ^[1]

Federal government

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 14th (starting January 21)
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 11th (starting January 7)

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: James Kempt
• Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
• Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready

Events

• A charter for a railway, from La Prairie, Quebec to St. John's, is granted; it will be the first railway in Canada.
• Massive Patriote campaign to petition the king for reforms.
• Male Jews were extended full political and religious rights.
• Many African-Canadians were protesting at the time about voting rights, although these weren't granted to them until 7 years later.

Births

• February 1 – Francis Evans Cornish, politician (died 1878) ^[2]
• February 14 – Camille Lefebvre (died 1895) ^[3]
• March 18 – David Mills, politician, author, poet and jurist (died 1903)
• April 17 – John Macoun, naturalist (died 1920)
• May 1 – Emily Stowe, first female doctor to practice in Canada and women's rights and suffrage activist (died 1903)
• May 17 – Robert Machray, clergyman, missionary and first Primate of the Church of England in Canada (died 1904)
• July 30 – Simon Hugh Holmes, publisher, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1919)
• August 16 – John Jones Ross, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 1901)

Deaths

• October 26 : Jacques Labrie, physician and politician

References

1. "William IV". Official web site of the British monarchy. 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. Bowsfield, Hartwell (1972). "Cornish, Francis Evans". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
3. Griffiths, Naomi E.S. (1990). "Lefebvre, Camille". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press . Retrieved 2022-11-18.