1923 in Canada
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Events from the year 1923 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield
- Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver
- Premier of Manitoba: John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick: Walter Foster then Peter Veniot
- Premier of Nova Scotia: George H. Murray then Ernest Howard Armstrong
- Premier of Ontario: Ernest C. Drury then Howard Ferguson
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: J.H. Bell then James D. Stewart
- Premier of Quebec: Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan: C.A. Dunning
[edit] Events
- January 1 - The Department of National Defence comes into being
- January 24 - Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing George H. Murray, who had governed for 27 years
- February 28 - Peter Veniot becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Walter Foster
- March 2 - The Halibut Treaty signed with the United States is Canada's first international treaty not signed under the auspices of the United Kingdom
- June 25 - Ontario election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Ernest Drury's United Farmers of Ontario
- July 1 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 comes into effect, banning all Chinese from entering Canada except for businessmen, diplomats, foreign students, and "special circumstances"
- July 16 - Howard Ferguson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Ernest Drury
- August 17 - The Home Bank of Montreal fails
- October 8 - A stevedore's strike begins in Vancouver
- October 25 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin
- October 31 - Louis-Philippe Brodeur becomes Quebec's 13th Lieutenant Governor.
- September 5 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing J.H. Bell.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Canadian National Railway is formed by merger of Canadian Government Railways, Canadian Northern Railway, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, and Grand Trunk Railway.
- Marijuana is made illegal in Canada
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Music
- April 23 - The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert.
[edit] New books
- Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery
[edit] Sport
- March 14 - World's first complete play-by-play radio broadcast of a professional ice hockey game is done by Pete Parker in Regina.
- March 22 - Foster Hewitt announces his first ice hockey game.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 1 - Roméo Sabourin, World War II hero (d.1944)
- January 7 - Hugh Kenner, literary scholar, critic and professor (d.2003)
- January 21 - Judith Merril, science fiction writer, editor and political activist (d.1997)
- March 1 - Uno Helava, inventor
- March 2 - Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, painter
- March 4 - Stanley Haidasz, politician
- March 10 - Richard Doyle, journalist, editor and Senator (d.2003)
- March 15 - Laurent Desjardins, politician
- March 19 - Henry Morgentaler, physician and pro choice advocate
- March 30 - Milton Acorn, poet, writer and playwright (d.1986)
[edit] April to June
- April 7 - Aba Bayefsky, artist and teacher (d.2001)
- April 16 - Samuel Nathan Cohen, critic
- April 25 - Melissa Hayden, ballerina (d.2006)
- May 5 - John Black Aird, lawyer, politician and 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1995)
- May 9 - Reuben Baetz, politician (d.1996)
- May 18 - Jean-Louis Roux, entertainer and playwright
- May 20 - Frank Morris, Canadian football player (d.2009)
- June 6 - Bruce Campbell, Edmonton alderman (d.2011)
[edit] July to September
- July 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus, chemist and 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- July 31 - Victor Goldbloom, pediatrician, lecturer and politician
- August 3 - Robert Campeau, financier and real estate developer
- August 6 - Paul Hellyer, politician and commentator
- August 21 - Robert William Stewart, scientist
- September 1 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, businessman and art collector (d.2006)
- September 2 - David Lam, businessman and 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d.2010)
- September 18 - Bertha Wilson, jurist and first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d.2007)
- September 21 - Robert Uffen, research geophysicist, professor, and university administrator (d.2009)
[edit] October to December
- October 7 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter and sculptor (d.2002)
- October 22 - Rodrigue Bourdages, politician (d.1997)
- October 22 - Norman Levine, short-story writer, novelist and poet (d.2005)
- October 23 - Réjane L. Colas, jurist
- November 1 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (d.2001)
- November 2 - Harold Horwood, novelist and non-fiction writer (d.2006)
- November 11 - Donald Tolmie, politician (d.2009)
- November 22 - Arthur Hiller, film director
- December 23 - Bruno Bobak, artist
[edit] Full date unknown
- James Barber, cookbook author and television chef (d.2007)
- Kildare Dobbs, short story and travel writer
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- February 20 - Thomas George Roddick, surgeon, medical administrator and politician (b.1846)
- March 2 - Joseph Martin, lawyer, politician and 13th Premier of British Columbia (b.1852)
- April 25 - Louis-Olivier Taillon, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1840)
[edit] July to December
- July 17 - John Strathearn Hendrie, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1857)
- October 2 - John Wilson Bengough, political cartoonist (b.1851)
- October 30 - Andrew Bonar Law, politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.1858)
- December 5 - William Mackenzie, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b.1849)
- December 9 - John Herbert Turner, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1834)
