1935 in Canada

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Events from the year 1935 in Canada.

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January 2 - Prime Minister R. B. Bennett outlines his programme
March 11 - Bank of Canada established
March 11 - The Bank of Canada issued a $500 banknote with Sir John A. Macdonald's portrait and a C$1,000 note with Sir Wilfrid Laurier's portrait
May 7 - David Dunlap Observatory opens
May 25 - Cabot Monument unveiled, Montréal
June 5 - The On-to-Ottawa Trek begins
June 26 - "Regina Riot": Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire into unarmed crowd of unemployed marchers in Regina, Saskatchewan

July 5 - Canadian Wheat Board established^[1]
July 16 - Allison Dysart becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Leonard Tilley
August 15 - Walter Lea becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing W. J. P. MacMillan
August 22 - Alberta general election, 1935: William Aberhart's Social Credit Party (SoCreds) wins a majority, defeating Richard G. Reid's United Farmers of Alberta
September 3 - Aberhart becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Reid
October 14 - Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a majority, defeating Bennett's Conservatives
October 3 - After the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, Canada refuses to support military intervention or even sanctions
October 23 - Mackenzie King becomes prime minister for the third time, replacing Bennett
November 1 - William Patterson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
November 1 - magnitude 6.2 Timiskaming earthquake occurs in western Quebec

December 7 - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers become the first western Canadian team to win the Grey Cup.

January 7 - Rey Pagtakhan, physician, professor, politician and Minister
January 10 - Ronnie Hawkins, pioneering rock and roll musician
January 14 - Lucille Wheeler, alpine skier, Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion
February 21 - Jean Pelletier, politician and Mayor of Quebec City (d.2009)
February 28 - Alex Janvier, artist
March 2 - Al Waxman, actor and director (d.2001)
March 15 - Mary Pratt, painter
March 24 - Mary Seeman, psychiatrist
April 16 - Ray Frenette, 28th Premier of New Brunswick*April 22 - Rita Johnston, politician, Canada's first female premier and 29th Premier of British Columbia
May 25 - W. P. Kinsella, novelist and short story writer
May 26 - Pat Carney, politician, Minister and Senator
June 2 - Carol Shields, author (d.2003)

Donald Sutherland at the Mill Valley Film Festival, 2005

July 17 - Donald Sutherland, actor
July 24 - Bob McAdorey, television and radio broadcaster (d.2005)
July 25 - Gilbert Parent, politician and 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d.2009)
July 27 - Don Mazankowski, politician and Minister
July 29 - Pat Lowther, poet (d.1975)
October 3 - Floyd Laughren, politician
October 15 - Willie O'Ree, ice hockey player, first Black Canadian player in the National Hockey League
October 20 - Russell Doern, politician (d.1987)
November 17 - Audrey Thomas, novelist and short story writer
December 13 - Raymond Speaker, politician
December 21 - Edward Schreyer, politician, 16th Premier of Manitoba and 22nd Governor General of Canada

March 15 - James Duncan McGregor, agricultural pioneer, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1860)
March 16 - John James Richard Macleod, physician, physiologist and Nobel laureate (b.1876)
April 10 - Joseph Charles-Émile Trudeau, entrepreneur and father of Pierre Trudeau, who would later become Prime Minister of Canada (b.1887)
April 19 - Willis Keith Baldwin, politician (b.1857)
July 18 - George Clift King, politician and 2nd Mayor of Calgary (b.1848)
September 30 - J. J. Kelso, journalist and social activist (b.1864)
October 24 - Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1859)
October 29 - Del Fontaine, Canadian middleweight boxing champion, executed for murder in the U.K.

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