1934 in Canada
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Events from the year 1934 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office
- June 19 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a majority, defeating George S. Henry's Conservatives
- June 19 - Saskatchewan election: James Garfield Gardiner's Liberals win a majority, defeating James T.M. Anderson's Conservative-led coalition government
- July 3 - The Bank of Canada is formed
- July 10 - Mitchell Hepburn becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Henry
- July 10 - Richard G. Reid becomes premier of Alberta, replacing John Brownlee
- July 19 - James Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan for the second time, replacing James Anderson
- August 14 - John Sackville Labatt kidnapped
- October 26 - Reconstruction Party of Canada formed
[edit] Arts and literature
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[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 3 - Yves Gaucher, artist
- January 11 - Jean Chrétien, politician and 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- January 16 - Judy Erola, broadcaster and politician
- January 19 - Lloyd Robertson, television news anchor and senior editor
- January 23 - Pierre Bourgault, politician and essayist (d.2003)
- February 5 - Don Cherry, ice hockey player, coach and commentator
- February 8 - Philip Seeman, schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist
- March 7 - Douglas Cardinal, architect
- March 9 - Marlene Streit, golfer
- March 16 - Ray Hnatyshyn, politician and 24th Governor General of Canada (d.2002)
- March 24 - Alice Whitty, high jumper
[edit] April to June
- May 17 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist (d.2009)
- May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy
- June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d.2003)
- June 22 - Willie Adams, politician and Senator
- June 25 - Théodore Jean Arcand, diplomat
- June 27 - Norman Atkins, businessman and Senator
[edit] July to September
- July 13 - Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter (d.2002)
- July 19 - Larry Zolf, journalist (d. 2011)
- July 27 - Jim Elder, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist
- August 11 - Abrams twins, Lillian and Dorothy
- September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist
[edit] October to December
- October 1 - Margaret McCain, philanthropist and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
- October 4 - Rudy Wiebe, author and professor
- October 5 - Ken Taylor, diplomat involved in the Iran hostage crisis
- November 21 - Howard Pawley, politician, professor and 18th Premier of Manitoba
- November 26 - Conrad Santos, politician
- November 30 - Marcel Prud'homme, politician and Senator
[edit] Deaths
- March 7 - John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Governor General of Canada (b.1847)
- March 15 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist (b.1884)
- April 17 - Frank S. Cahill, politician (b.1876)
- July 28 - Marie Dressler, actress (b.1868)
- October 4 - Henry Sproatt, architect (b.1866)
- November 10 - Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b.1853)
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