1930 in Canada
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Events from the year 1930 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- February 15 - Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator
- May 20 - Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Albert Saunders
- June 19 - Alberta general election, 1930: Premier John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a third consecutive majority
- June 22 - Jean Vauquelin Monument unveiled
- June 29 - Eight Jesuit martyrs become the first Canadian saints. See Canadian Martyrs.
- July 1 - The Seigniory Club, later to become the Château Montebello hotel, opens in Montebello, Quebec
- July 28 - Federal election: R.B. Bennett's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals
- August 7 - R.B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister, replacing Mackenzie King
- August 11 - Gordon Harrington becomes Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Edgar Rhodes
- October 18 - Robert Burns Memorial (Montreal) unveiled
- November 12 - Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
- December 15 - George Henry becomes Premier of Ontario, replacing Howard Ferguson
[edit] Arts and literature
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[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 4 - Herbert O. Sparrow, politician
- January 11 - Harold Greenberg, film producer (d.1996)
- January 12 - Tim Horton, ice hockey player and businessman (d.1974)
- January 14 - Kenny Wheeler, composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
- January 24 - Felix Capella, race walker
- February 6 - Allan King, film director (d.2009)
- March 11 - Claude Jutra, actor, film director and writer (d.1986)
[edit] April to June
- April 28 - Charles Caccia, politician (d.2008)
- April 29 - Ben Hanuschak, politician
- May 9 - Muriel Smith, politician
- May 24 - Robert Bateman, naturalist and painter
- May 26 - Lorne Ferguson, ice hockey player (d.2008)
- May 29 -
- Roy Bonisteel, journalist and television host
- Lawrence Heisey, businessman
- June 17 - Rosemary Brown, politician (d.2003)
- June 19 - John Lynch-Staunton, Senator
[edit] July to December
- July 6 - George Armstrong, ice hockey player
- July 12 - Gordon Pinsent, actor
- July 25 - Maureen Forrester, opera singer (d.2010)
- August 9 - Jacques Parizeau, economist, politician and 26th Premier of Quebec
- August 9 - Larry Regan, ice hockey player, coach and manager (d.2009)
- September 18 - John Tolos, wrestler and wrestling manager (d.2009)
- September 21 - John Morgan, comedian (d.2004)
- October 2 - Dave Barrett, politician and 26th Premier of British Columbia
- October 24 - Micheline Beauchemin, textile artist and weaver
- October 29 - André Bernier, politician
- October 30 - Timothy Findley, novelist and playwright (d.2002)
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[edit] Deaths
- February - Levi Addison Ault, businessman and naturalist (b.1851)
- February 28 - George Boyce, politician (b.1848)
- April 3 - Emma Albani, soprano (b.1848)
- November 16 - William James Topley, photographer (b.1845)
- December 9 - Laura Muntz Lyall, painter (b.1860)
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