1950 in Canada
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Events from the year 1950 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch: King George VI
- Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis
- Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent
- Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson
- Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell
- Premier of New Brunswick: John McNair
- Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Angus Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario: Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Walter Jones
- Premier of Quebec: Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Tommy Douglas
[edit] Events
- January 14 - The first non-stop trans-Canada flight is made
- Early May - The Winnipeg Flood along the Red River causes immense damage and one death in Winnipeg
- May 29 - The St. Roch becomes the first vessel to circumnavigate North America
- August 7 - Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War
- August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy
- October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed
- November 28 - Canada joins on to the Colombo Plan
- December 18 - Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Cité libre magazine is first published
- British Columbia Provincial Police are disestablished.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- See 1950 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and nominees for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Earle Birney, Turvey
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 5 - John Manley, lawyer, businessman, politician and Minister
- January 13 - Joe Fontana, politician
- January 17 - Jean Poirier, politician
- January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (d.1982)
- February 8 - Keith Milligan, politician
- February 9 - Tom Wappel, politician
- February 12 - Michael Ironside, actor, voice actor, producer, film director and screenwriter
- March 6 - Bruce Simpson, pole vaulter
- March 17 - Jackson Davies, actor
- March 23 - Jerry Storie, politician
- March 23 - Ralph Eichler, politician
- March 26 - Martin Short, comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer
[edit] April to June
- May 2 - Jose Kusugak, Inuit politician (d. 2011)
- May 27 - Brent St. Denis, politician
- June 1 - Perrin Beatty, corporate executive and politician
- June 21 - Anne Carson, poet, essayist, translator and professor of Classics and comparative literature
[edit] July to September
- July 5 - Deepak Obhrai, politician
- July 6 - Hélène Scherrer, politician and Minister
- July 7 - Leon Benoit, politician
- July 18 - Jack Layton, politician, leader of New Democratic Party of Canada (2003-2011) and Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) (d.2011)
- August 2 - Sue Rodriguez, advocate for assisted suicide (d.1994)
- August 6 - Carole Pope, rock singer-songwriter
- August 15 - Ron Lemieux, ice hockey player and politician
- August 16 - Stockwell Day, politician
- August 31 - Anne McLellan, academic, politician, Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- September 9 - Janis Babson (d.1961)
- September 16 - Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada
- September 18 - Darryl Sittler, ice hockey player
[edit] October to December
- October 17 – Val Ross, writer and journalist (d.2008)
- October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor (d.1994)
- November 2 - Wendy Lill, playwright and politician
- November 2 - Daryl Reid, politician
- November 5 - Susan Nattrass, sport shooter
- November 8 - Dennis Fentie, politician and 7th Premier of the Yukon
- November 14 - Colleen Peterson, singer (d.1996)
- December 18 - Martha Johnson, pop singer and songwriter
- December 20 - Carolyn Bennett, politician
- December 21 - Lap-Chee Tsui, geneticist
[edit] Full date unknown
- David Barr, Commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
- Denis Simpson, singer and actor (d. 2010)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- February 7 - Thomas Langton Church, politician and Mayor of Toronto (b.1870)
- April 7 - Walter Huston, actor (b.1884)
- May 15 - Hervé-Edgar Brunelle, politician and lawyer (b.1891)
- June 28 - James Allison Glen, politician, Minister and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b.1877)
[edit] July to December
- July 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, politician and 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1874)
- July 25 - Gleason Belzile, politician (b.1898)
- August 1 - Humphrey Mitchell, politician and trade unionist (b.1894)
- August 2 - Pierre-François Casgrain, politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b.1886)
- November 11 - John Knox Blair, politician, physician and teacher (b.1875)
[edit] Full date unknown
- William Sanford Evans, politician (b.1869)
