1855 in Canada

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Decades:

Incumbents

Monarch — Victoria^[1]

Federal government

Parliament — 5th

Governors

Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head

Premiers

Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- Canada West Premier
  - Sir Allan Napier MacNab, until May 24, 1856
  - Sir John A. Macdonald, from May 24, 1856
- Canada East Premier
  - Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché

British North America Colonies

Events

British Empire's Crimean War continues, British troops being withdrawn.
Albert Salter surveys the North Shore of Lake Huron, following the signing of the Robinson-Huron Treaty in 1850.^[2]
January 1 – Bytown is renamed Ottawa.
March 8 – A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed.
April 11 – The Militia Act of 1855 is passed in the Parliament of the Province of Canada^[3]
April 17 – Charlottetown incorporated as a city.
May 19 - The Militia Act is proclaimed.^[4]
August 17 – The Charlottetown Police Department is established.
August 31 – The First Volunteer Militia units are formed,^[5] by year end 21 Companies have been formed.
November 19 – The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway's original Toronto–Montreal mainline is completed between Montreal and Brockville.^[6]

Full date unknown

1855 Newfoundland general election

Births

January 14 – Homer Watson, artist (died 1936)
February 22 – Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree (died 1916)
March 5 – Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis, politician, 19th Mayor of Trois-Rivières and father of 16th Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis (died 1926)
May 11 – Charles Doherty, politician and jurist (died 1931)
July 29 – Bowman Brown Law, politician (died 1916)
August 3 – Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (died 1927)
September 12 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
December 14 – William Brymner, art teacher and painter (died 1925)

Deaths

July 7 – Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (born 1802)

References

^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ Saarinen, Oiva (2013). From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-55458-837-4.
^ CFHQ Report #6, Canadian Militia prior to Confederation, pg 70 ph 162
^ Canadian Gazette Extra May 19, 1855 pg 1
^ Canadian Gazette Sep 1, 1855 pg 1153
^ Peltenburg, Adam. "Grand Trunk Railway". Toronto Railway Historical Association. Retrieved November 17, 2022.

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