1939 in Canada
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| Years: | 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 |
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Events from the year 1939 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – King George VI (consort – Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon)
Federal government
- Governor general – John Buchan (viceregal consort – Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir)
- Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Eric Hamber
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William Johnston Tupper
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Murray MacLaren
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Robert Irwin
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Albert Edward Matthews
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George DesBrisay DeBlois (until September 11) then Bradford William LePage
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Esioff-Léon Patenaude (until December 30) then Eugène Fiset
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
- Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
- Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – Allison Dysart
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis (until November 9) then Adélard Godbout
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
- May 17 - George VI and Queen Elizabeth begin their royal tour of Canada, eventually visiting every province.
- September 3 - The Department of Labour establishes the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to control inflation
- September 7 - Prime Minister Mackenzie King calls for a special session of Parliament, to discuss a declaration of war versus Nazi Germany. The session lasts until September 13.[1]
- September 10 - World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, one week after Britain does so
- September 11 - World War II: Canada establishes a High Commission of Canada in Canberra, Australia. Australia reciprocates, the next day.[2]
- September 16 - World War II: The Royal Canadian Navy escorts the first of many transatlantic convoys
- September 28 - World War II: Air training facilities are set up in Canada to train pilots from Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth.
- October 25 - The Quebec election is won by the Liberals under Joseph-Adélard Godbout.
- December 17 - World War II: The 1st Canadian Infantry Division lands in Scotland en route to England. The division is accompanied by a team of announcers and technicians, who set up Radio Canada's overseas service.
- November 9 - Adélard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Maurice Duplessis
Year Long events
- Canada rapidly expands its international presence by establishing High Commissions in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa.
Arts and literature
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Births
January to March
- January 3 - Bobby Hull, ice hockey player
- January 11 - Anne Heggtveit, alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist
- January 14 - Martha Gibson, actress
- January 19 - Grant Notley, politician (d.1984)
- February 3 - Ovid Jackson, politician
- February 10 - Adrienne Clarkson, journalist and 26th Governor General of Canada
- March 1 - Marlene Catterall, politician
- March 8 - Berta Seymour, ballet dancer
- March 17 - Bill Graham, politician
- March 20 - Brian Mulroney, politician and 18th Prime Minister of Canada
- March 26 - Patrick Lane, poet
April to June
- April 14 - Ian Binnie, jurist and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
- April 20 - Wayson Choy, writer
- April 24 - Dan Hays, politician
- April 24 - Ernst Zündel, neo-Nazi,Holocaust denier and pamphleteer
- May 7 - Sidney Altman, molecular biologist, joint 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- May 11 - Ken Epp, politician
- May 26 - Gerry McAlpine, politician
- June 5 - Joe Clark, journalist, politician, statesman, businessman, professor and 16th Prime Minister of Canada
July to September
- July 12 - David Bazay, television journalist (d.2005)
- July 25 - Catherine Callbeck, politician and 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island
- August 12 - Roy Romanow, politician and 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
- August 15 - Hardial Bains, founder and leader of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (d.1997)
- August 21 - JoAnn Wilson, murder victim (d.1983)
- August 23 - Isabel Bassett, broadcaster and politician
- August 31 - Dennis Lee, poet and children's writer
- September 1 - Jake Epp, politician
- September 2 - Henry Mintzberg, academic and author on business and management
- September 4 - Jim Penner, businessman and politician (d.2004)
- September 30 - Len Cariou, actor
October to December
- November 6 - Joyce Fairbairn, Senator and first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate
- November 18 - Margaret Atwood, author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner
- November 23 - bill bissett, poet
- November 30 - Louis LeBel, jurist and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
- December 2 - Francis Fox, politician, Minister and Senator
- December 21 - Lloyd Axworthy, politician and Minister
- December 24 - James Bartleman, diplomat, author and 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Full date unknown
- Michael Estok, poet
- Michael Overs, businessman, founder and owner of Pizza Pizza Limited (d. 2010)
- Tony Parsons, journalist and television news anchor
- Robin Spry, filmmaker and television producer (d.2005)
Deaths
- January 24 - Alfred Edmond Bourgeois, politician (b.1872)
- March 7 - Joseph Flavelle, businessman (b.1858)
- March 8 - Henry Pellatt, financier and soldier (b.1859)
- May 6 - Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (b.1900)
- July 12 - Fernand Rinfret, politician (b.1883)
- August 21 - Francis Patrick O'Connor, businessman, politician and philanthropist (b. 1885)
- November 12 - Norman Bethune, physician and medical innovator (b.1890)
- November 28 - James Naismith, sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball (b.1861)
- December 22 - Herbert James Palmer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1851)
References
- ^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 8. The Parliamentary Cycle - Opening a Parliament and a Session". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ "Australia-Canada relations" (PDF). Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
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