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1868 in Canada
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Crown
Monarch
–
Victoria
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
Prime Minister
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John A. Macdonald
Parliament
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Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
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Francis Pym Harding
(until July 23) then
Lemuel Allan Wilmot
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
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Charles Hastings Doyle
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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Henry William Stisted
(until July 15) then
William Pearce Howland
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
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Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau
Premiers
Premier of New Brunswick
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Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
Premier of Nova Scotia
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William Annand
Premier of Ontario
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John Sandfield Macdonald
Premier of Quebec
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Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Colonies
Secretary of State for the Colonies
–
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
then
The Earl Granville
Governors
Colonial Governor of Newfoundland
–
Anthony Musgrave
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
George Dundas
(until October 22) then
Robert Hodgson
Governor of the
Colony of British Columbia
–
Frederick Seymour
Premiers
Colonial Prime Minister of Newfoundland
–
Frederick Carter
Premier of Colony of Prince Edward Island
–
George Coles
Events
March 4 —
Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
established
April 7 —
Father of Confederation
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
is assassinated in
Ottawa
by
Irish
Fenians
.
May 26 - The
Canadian flag
is unofficially introduced.
Full date unknown
Louis Riel
returns to the
Red River
area
The
Hudson's Bay Company
agrees to turn
Rupert's Land
and the
North-Western Territory
over to Canada
The first
Federal Militia Act
is passed, creating a Canadian army
George-Étienne Cartier
created a Baronet
Births
January to June
January 16 —
Octavia Ritchie
, first woman to receive a medical degree in
Quebec
January 22 —
Adjutor Rivard
, lawyer, writer, judge and linguist (died
1945
)
February 16 —
John Babington Macaulay Baxter
, lawyer, jurist and 18th
Premier of New Brunswick
(died
1946
)
March 14 —
Emily Murphy
, women's rights activist, jurist and author, first woman magistrate in Canada and in the
British Empire
(died
1933
)
April 27 —
James Kidd Flemming
, businessman, politician and 13th
Premier of New Brunswick
(died
1927
)
May 31 —
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
, politician and 11th
Governor General of Canada
(died
1938
)
July to December
July 8 —
Henry Cockshutt
, Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario
(died
1944
)
July 9 —
William Alves Boys
, politician and barrister (died
1938
)
August 25 —
Arthur Puttee
, politician (died
1957
)
August 26 —
Charles Stewart
, politician and 3rd
Premier of Alberta
(died
1946
)
September 1 —
Henri Bourassa
, politician and publisher (died
1952
)
September 22 —
Louise McKinney
, first woman sworn into the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
and first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the
British Empire
(died
1931
)
September 28 —
Herbert Alexander Bruce
, surgeon and 15th Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario
(died
1963
)
November 9 —
Marie Dressler
, actress (died
1934
)
December 11 —
William Parks
, geologist and paleontologist (died
1936
)
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January 19 —
Frederic
, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and bishop (born
1797
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January 25 —
Alexander Roberts Dunn
, first Canadian awarded the
Victoria Cross
(born
18
)
January 28 —
Edmund Walker Head
, Governor (born
1805
)
February 19 —
Dominick Daly
, politician (born
1798
)
April 7 —
D'Arcy McGee
, journalist, politician and
Father of Confederation
, assassinated (born
1825
)
August 7 —
William Agar Adamson
, Church of England clergyman and author (born
1800
)
September 12 —
Charles Dickson Archibald
, lawyer, businessman and politician (born
1802
)
October 17 —
Laura Secord
, heroine of the
War of 1812
(born
1775
)
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