1842 in Canada explained
Events from the year 1842 in Canada.
Incumbents
Victoria[1]
Federal government
1st
Governors
Charles Bagot (starting 12 January)
William MacBean George Colebrooke
Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
John Harvey
Henry Vere Huntley
Richard Downes Jackson
Premiers
Events
Full date unknown
Births
- January 1 – John Morison Gibson, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1929)
- March 4 – Hector Berthelot, lawyer, journalist and publisher (died 1895)
- June 26 – Zoé Lafontaine, wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1921)
- June 30 – William Smithe, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (died 1887)
- July 11 – Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (died 1878)
- August 14 – Malcolm Alexander MacLean, 1st Mayor of Vancouver (died 1895)
- August 15 – Judson Burpee Black, physician and politician (died 1924)
- September 9 – Silas Tertius Rand Bill, politician, merchant and shipowner (died 1890)
- December 15 – Neil McLeod, lawyer, judge, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1915)
- December 28 – Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (died 1891)
Full date unknown
Notes and References
- Web site: Queen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 5 December 2022.
- News: Remember This? Bruce Mines was kind of a big deal . SooToday.com . December 11, 2016 . November 28, 2022.