1863 in Canada
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Events from the year 1863 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament â 7th then 8th
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada â Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland â Alexander Bannerman
- Governor of New Brunswick â Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
- Governor of Nova Scotia â George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
- Governor of Prince Edward Island â George Dundas
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada â
- John Sandfield Macdonald, Canada West Premier
- Louis-Victor Sicotte, Canada East Premier until May 15, 1863
- Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Canada East Premier on May 15, 1863
- Premier of Newfoundland â Hugh Hoyles
- Premiers of New Brunswick â Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Premiers of Nova Scotia â
- Joseph Howe (until June 5, 1863)
- James William Johnston (on June 11, 1863)
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â
- Edward Palmer (before March 2, 1863)
- John Hamilton Gray (on March 2, 1863)
Parliaments and Assemblies
Events
- March 17 â U.S. gives notice of intent to abrogate reciprocity.
- September 5 â Louis-Victor Sicotte appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court for Saint-Hyacinthe District
- December 7 â New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: the Chesapeake Affair.
- Militia Pay Act for all males 18â60.
Births
- February 3 â James White, geographer
- May 19 â John Alexander Mathieson, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1947)
- July 1 â William Grant Stairs, explorer, soldier and adventurer (died 1892)
- October 4 â Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1936)
- October 10 â Louis Cyr, strongman (died 1912)
- November 14 â Edward Foster, fingerprint expert
Deaths
- January 17 â Peter Warren Dease, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (born 1788)
- January 31 â Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto, lawyer, judge and political figure (born 1791)
- November 20 â James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Governor General (born 1811)
- December 10 â James FitzGibbon, British colonel who served in Canada for 45 years (born 1780)