1855 in Canada
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Events from the year 1855 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament â 5th
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada â
- Canada West Premier
- Sir Allan Napier MacNab, until May 24, 1856
- Sir John A. Macdonald, from May 24, 1856
- Canada East Premier
- Canada West Premier
British North America Colonies
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland â Charles Henry Darling
- Premier of Newfoundland â Philip Francis Little
- Governor of Nova Scotia â John Gaspard Le Marchant
- Premier of Nova Scotia â William Young
- Governor of New Brunswick â John Manners-Sutton
- Premier of New Brunswick â Charles Fisher
- Governor of Prince Edward Island â Dominick Daly
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â John Holl
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- British Empire's Crimean War continues, British troops being withdrawn.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 â Bytown is renamed Ottawa.
- March 8 â A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed.
- April 11 â The Militia Act of 1855 is passed in the Parliament of the Province of Canada[3]
- April 17 â Charlottetown incorporated as a city.
- May 19 - The Militia Act is proclaimed.[4]
- August 17 â The Charlottetown Police Department is established.
- August 31 â The First Volunteer Militia units are formed,[5] by year end 21 Companies have been formed.
- November 19 â The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway's original TorontoâMontreal mainline is completed between Montreal and Brockville.[6]
Full date unknown
Births
- January 14 â Homer Watson, artist (died 1936)
- February 22 â Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree (died 1916)
- March 5 â Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis, politician, 19th Mayor of Trois-Rivières and father of 16th Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis (died 1926)
- May 11 â Charles Doherty, politician and jurist (died 1931)
- July 29 â Bowman Brown Law, politician (died 1916)
- August 3 â Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (died 1927)
- September 12 â Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
- December 14 â William Brymner, art teacher and painter (died 1925)
Deaths
- July 7 â Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (born 1802)