List of 1867 Canadian incumbents explained

Crown

• Head of state (monarch) – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Federal government

• Governor General - The Viscount Monck

Cabinet

• Prime Minister - Sir John A. Macdonald^[1]
• Minister of Agriculture - Jean-Charles Chapais (from July 1)
  • • Minister of Finance Alexander Galt (July 1-November 7)
  • Vacant (November 7-November 18)
  • Sir John Rose (from November 18)
• Minister of Justice - John A. Macdonald (from July 1)
• President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada - Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair (from July 1)
• Minister of Public Works - William McDougall (from July 1)
• Postmaster General - Alexander Campbell (from July 1)
• Secretary of State for Canada - Hector Louis Langevin (from July 1)
• Minister of Marine and Fisheries - Peter Mitchell (from July 1)

Members of Parliament

See: 1st Canadian parliament, then 2nd Canadian parliament

Opposition leaders

• Liberal Party of Canada - George Brown
• Anti-Confederate - Joseph Howe

Other

• Speaker of the House of Commons - James Cockburn

Provinces

Premiers

• Premier of New Brunswick - Andrew R. Wetmore
• Premier of Nova Scotia - Charles Tupper
• Premier of Ontario - John Sandfield Macdonald
• Premier of Quebec - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Francis Pym Harding
• Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia - Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
• Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario - Henry William Stisted
• Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec - Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau

See also

• 1867 in Canada
• Canadian incumbents by year

Notes and References

1. Book: Creighton , Donald . 1955 . John A. Macdonald: The Old Chieftain, Vol 2: 1867–1891 . The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited . Toronto . 978-0-8020-7164-4 . September 8, 2019 . August 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803204540/https://books.google.com/books?id=lJTx3BMuGRYC . live . 2.