1925 in Canada

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Events from the year 1925 in Canada.

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February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.
February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.
April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland
May 28 - Roddick Gates unveiled
June 2 - Saskatchewan general election, 1925: Charles Dunning's Liberals win a sixth consecutive majority
June 10 - The United Church of Canada opens for services
June 11 - Coal miner William Davis was killed by police in the culmination of a long Cape Breton Island strike.
June 23 - First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada.
June 26 - A strike of miners in Drumheller, Alberta ends in violent confrontations.
July 16 - Edgar Rhodes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Ernest Armstrong
September 14 - John Baxter becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Veniot
October 29 - Federal election: Arthur Meighen's Conservatives win a plurality (116 seats), defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals (99 seats). However, King does not resign as prime minister; he will try to govern with a minority government with the support of smaller parties and independent MPs (30 seats)
November 23 - John Brownlee becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, later the Royal Canadian Legion, is formed by the amalgamation of several veterans' organizations, such as the Great War Veterans Association.

March 30 - The Victoria Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.

January 26 - Claude Ryan, politician (d.2004)
February 1 - Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon (d.1997)
February 13 - Gerald Tailfeathers, artist
March 23 - Wilson Duff, anthropologist
March 25 - Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (d.2000)
March 26 - Ben Mondor, baseball executive (Pawtucket Red Sox) (d. 2010)
April 1 - Tobie Steinhouse, artist
April 4 - Claude Wagner, judge and politician (d.1979)
April 11 - Pierre Péladeau, businessman (d.1997)
May 18 - Robin Blaser, author and poet (d.2009)

Oscar Peterson

October 6 - Bud Olson, politician, Minister and Senator (d.2002)
October 12 – Denis Lazure, politician (d.2008)
October 21 - Peter Dickinson, architect (d.1961)
October 21 - Louis Robichaud, lawyer, politician and 25th Premier of New Brunswick (d.2005)
November 8 - Allan Lawrence, politician and Minister (d.2008)
November 10 - Doris Anderson, author, journalist and women's rights activist (d.2007)
November 12 - Agnes Nanogak, author
December 5 - Dave Broadfoot, comedian
December 25 - Robert Layton, politician (d.2002)

January 25 - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (b.1845)
March 3 - William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1850)
March 16 - Richard Butler, editor, publisher, journalist and U.S. vice-consul (b.1834)
May 4 - James Cunningham, merchant and politician (b.1834)
May 25 - Margaret Mick, prison guard, first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty (b.1860)
June 18 - William Brymner, art teacher and painter (b.1855)