Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1866 in Canada, other events of 1867, 1868 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events March 29 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act July 1 - The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act. July 1 - Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada July 4 - Hiram Blanchard becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Charles Tupper July 15 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau becomes the first premier of Quebec. July 16 - J. S. Macdonald becomes the first premier of Ontario August 7-September 20 - The 1867 Canadian election sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected as government September 3 - Ontario election: J. S. Macdonald Liberal-Conservatives win a minority November 6 - First Parliament of Canada meets November 7 - William Annand becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Hiram Blanchard Andrew Wetmore becomes becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Mitchell Births February 2 - Charles Saunders, botanist February 20 - Flora Denison, feminist March 31 - Noah Timmins, mining executive October 19 - Marie Gérin-Lajoie, organizer Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.