1927 in Canada
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Events from the year 1927 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal
- March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.
- May 28 - The Old Age Pensions Act is introduced
- July 1 - Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country radio broadcast.
- August 12 - Albert Saunders becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart
- August 17 - John Oliver, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
- August 20 - John Duncan MacLean becomes premier of British Columbia
- September 21 - Ten railway cars carrying valuable cargo of silk went off the rail near Yale, BC. Five landed in the Fraser River.
- October 10 - R.B. Bennett, becomes leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
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- An Act of Parliament created the National Museum of Canada.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Mazo de la Roche publishes Jalna
- December 5 - The National Gallery of Canada opened an exhibit featuring the work of Emily Carr, bringing her out of obscurity.
[edit] Science and technology
- Canadian anthropologist Davidson Black discovered a fossil molar of Peking Man in a cave near Beijing, China
- Wallace Rupert Turnbull tested the second design of his variable pitch propeller, a key development in aviation
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 1 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, artist (d.1991)
- January 4 - Paul Desmarais, financier
- January 6 - John W. Grace, first Privacy Commissioner of Canada (d.2009)
- January 10 - Gisele MacKenzie, singer (d.2003)
- January 17 - Stan Roberts, politician (d.1990)
- January 24 - Phyllis Lambert, architect and philanthropist
- January 25 - Gildas Molgat, politician (d.2001)
- January 28 - Sheila Finestone, politician and Senator (d.2009)
- January 29 - Lewis Urry, chemical engineer and inventor (d.2004)
- January 30 - Sterling Lyon, politician and 17th Premier of Manitoba (d.2010)
- February 11 - Sinclair Stevens, politician
- March 3 - William Kurelek, artist and writer (d.1977)
- March 9 - John Beckwith, composer, writer, pianist, teacher and administrator
- March 25 - Bill Barilko, ice hockey player (d.1951)
[edit] April to June
- April 7 - Dorothy Knowles, artist
- April 8 - Lois Miriam Wilson, first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada and Senator
- April 25 - Frances Hyland, actress (d.2004)
- May 5 - Sylvia Fedoruk, scientist, curler and Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- May 14 - Frank Miller, politician and 19th Premier of Ontario (d.2000)
- June 3 - George Hislop, gay activist (d.2005)
- June 17 - Jean Robert Beaulé, politician
- June 24 - Fernand Dumont, sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet (d.1997)
- June 26 - Robert Kroetsch, novelist, poet and non-fiction writer
[edit] July to December
- July 20 - Jack Horner, politician and Minister (d.2004)
- August 17 - John Alan Beesley, diplomat and civil servant (d.2009)
- September 7 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- October 3 - Kenojuak Ashevak, artist
- October 14 - Elmer Iseler, choir conductor and choral editor (d.1998)
- November 3 - Harrison McCain, businessman (d.2004)
- November 8 - Peter Munk, businessman and philanthropist
- November 10 - Joyce Trimmer, politician and first female mayor of Scarborough, Ontario (d.2008)
- November 18 - Knowlton Nash, journalist, author and television news anchor
- November 26 - Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer Mr. Dressup (d.2001)
- December 7 - Grant Strate, dancer, choreographer and academic
- December 18 - Roméo LeBlanc, politician and 25th Governor General of Canada (d. 2009)
- December 24 - Geoffrey Pearson, diplomat (d.2008)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- January 24 - Agnes Maule Machar, author (b.1837)
- February 10 - James Kidd Flemming, businessman, politician and 13th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1868)
- March 8 - James Fisher, politician (b.1840)
- March 16 - Robert Bond, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1857)
- March 30 - Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (b.1855)
- June 3 - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada (b.1845)
- June 7 - Edmund James Flynn, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1847)
[edit] July to December
July 11 - Robert Amus Leslie
- August 17 - John Oliver, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1856)
- November 2 - Charles Augustus Semlin, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1836)
- December 31 - William Warren, lawyer, politician, judge and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1879)
