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EVENTS

March 29 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act, 1867

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 R. Wetmore becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Mitchell

BIRTHS

January 25 - Simon Fraser Tolmie , Premier of British Columbia

February 2 - Charles Saunders , botanist

February 20 - Flora Denison , feminist

March 5 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , Premier of Quebec

March 31 - Noah Timmins , mining executive

October 19 - Marie Gérin-Lajoie , organizer

October 27 - Thomas Walter Scott , Premier of Saskatchewan

November 1 - Newton Wesley Rowell , Ontario politician

December 3 - William John Bowser , Premier of British Columbia

DEATHS