1942 in Canada
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Events from the year 1942 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor general – Alexander Cambridge
- Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
- Parliament – 19th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – William Culham Woodward
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William George Clark
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Frederick F. Mathers (until November 17) then Henry Ernest Kendall
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Albert Edward Matthews
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Bradford William LePage
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
- Premier of British Columbia – John Hart
- Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
- Premier of Nova Scotia – A.S. MacMillan
- Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn (until October 21) then Gordon Daniel Conant
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Adélard Godbout
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
- January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec
- February 26 - Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.
- April 27 - A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription. Most English-Canadians are in favour, while most French-Canadians are not.
- July - The Official Food Rules is published, for the first time.
- August - The National Resources Mobilization Act is repealed as a result of the April plebiscite.
- August 19 - Dieppe Raid
- September 9 - The Canadian government establishes the Wartime Information Board, a government agency responsible for pro-conscription propaganda.
- October 14 - A German U-boat sinks the ferry SS Caribou, killing 137.
- October 21 - Gordon Conant becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Mitchell Hepburn
- December 12 - A fire at the Knights of Columbus Hall in St John's, Newfoundland kills 99.
Arts and literature
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Sport
- April 18 - Toronto Maple Leafs win their Fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 game to 3 after being down to the Red Wings 3–0. The deciding Game 7 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
- April 20 - Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Portage la Prairie Terriers won their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Oshawa Generals 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
- December 5 - Toronto RCAF Hurricanes won their only Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 8 to 5 in the 30th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
Births
January to March
- January 12 - Hilary Weston, businessperson and 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- January 16 - René Angélil, husband and manager of Céline Dion
- January 19 - John Reynolds, politician
- February 5 - Tim Sale, politician
- February 19 - Norm Sterling, politician
- February 20 - Phil Esposito, ice hockey player
- February 22 - Gerard Jennissen, politician
- March 3 - Menaka Thakka, dancer
April to June
- April 8 - Harold Gilleshammer, politician
- April 10 - Nick Auf der Maur, journalist and politician (died 1998)
- April 21 - Pierre Lorrain, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2004)
- April 22 - Sandra Birdsell, novelist and short story writer
- April 26 - Sharon Carstairs, politician and Senator
- May 1 - Becky Barrett, politician
- May 3 - Earl McRae, journalist (Ottawa Sun), apparent heart attack (died 2011)
- May 8 - Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
- June 9 - John Gerretsen, politician
- June 10 - Preston Manning, politician
- June 21 - Jeannette Lavell, Native rights advocate
- June 25 - Michel Tremblay, novelist and playwright
July to September
- July 1 - Geneviève Bujold, actress
- July 4 - Len Harapiak, politician
- July 11 - Terry Carisse, singer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2005)
- July 11 - Nancy Zerg, poet
- July 22 - Anita Neville, politician
- July 24 - Gloria George, Native leader
- August 10 - Jim Downey, politician
- August 18 - Jim Abbott, politician
- August 24 - Gary Filmon, politician and 19th Premier of Manitoba
- August 24 - Tony Hunt, artist
- August 30 - Rick Salutin, novelist, playwright and critic
- September 4 - George Baker, politician and Senator
- September 13 - Michael Breaugh, politician (died 2019)
- September 13 - Michel Côté, businessman and politician
October to December
- October 10 - Roy Miki, poet and scholar
- October 11 - Dianne Brushett, politician
- November 1 - Ralph Klein, politician and 12th Premier of Alberta (died 2013)
- November 19 - Jim Ernst, politician
- November 20 - Raymond Bonin, politician
- December 1 - Charlie Penson, politician
- December 19 - John Godfrey, educator, journalist and politician
- December 30 - Matt Cohen, writer (died 1999)
Full date unknown
- Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter (died 2007)
- Jay Roberts, football player, lung cancer (died 2010)
Deaths
- January 16 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 10th Governor General of Canada (born 1850)
- January 30 - Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, politician and 1st Premier of the Northwest Territories (born 1857)
- February 4 - Louis-Adolphe Paquet, theologian (born 1859)
- March 11 - Raoul Dandurand, politician (born 1861)
- March 15 - Edgar Nelson Rhodes, politician, Minister and Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1877)
- March 21 - J. S. Woodsworth, politician (born 1874)
- April 24 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, author (born 1874)[1]
- May 18 - Herménégilde Boulay, politician (born 1861)
- June 17 - Charles Fitzpatrick, lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853)
- October 6 - Ella Cora Hind, journalist and women's rights activist (born 1861)
- December 26 - Frank Dawson Adams, geologist (born 1859)
See also
Historical Documents
Canadian Press reporter's landing craft "under intense Nazi fire" from boats, planes and infantry at Dieppe[2]
Official study details objectives, heroism and failures of combined commando raid on Dieppe, France[3]
Canadian soldier in Dieppe raid describes prisoner-of-war camp life in Germany[4]
"Considerable excitement and tension" - HMCS Oakville rams U-boat while on convoy duty in Caribbean Sea[5]
"Blasted from a cosy state room to a cold, icy water" - Survivors' tales of torpedoed Sydney–to–Port-aux-Basques ferry Caribou[6]
To maintain status quo with Vichy France, Allies manoeuvre to get Free French forces off St. Pierre and Miquelon[7]
Minister of Finance says Canadians not working for themselves or their families, but for victory[8]
In U.S. government profile of Allies, Canada noted for contributions like 2 billion pounds of food and "54% of everyone's income"[9]
"Has Canada fully mobilized her material resources [and] man and woman power to wage total war?" - Opposition Leader's 7-point plan[10]
PM King broadcasts enhanced plan of men's, women's and youth's service to achieve "total effort for total war"[11]
"The most sacred understanding" - PM King asks voters for release from pledge of no conscription for overseas military service[12]
Canadians vote "yes" in conscription plebiscite by large majorities in 8 provinces, with strong "no" in Quebec[13]
"A systemic policy of annihilation" - Zionist congress of Switzerland reports millions of Jews killed[14]
"Defensive measures of the racial brotherhood" - "Final Solution" should include sterilization of "half-Jews"[15]
Eviction from coastal British Columbia creates many social problems for people of Japanese origin[16]
Young interned Japanese Canadians seek pen pals to "sling some ink our way"[17]
Japanese Canadian George Tanaka experiences feeling of freedom in Toronto, along with both sympathy and racism[18]
Canadian diplomat in Washington strongly suspects U.S. government is eavesdropping on his communications[19]
Drills and training part of Manitoba's Air Raid Precaution campaign, though federal government calls it unnecessary[20]
As part of Victory Bonds campaign, Winnipeg stages "If Day" mock German invasion including arrest of premier and mayor[21]
"Death and Destruction!" - Victory Bonds promotion page shows Hamilton, Ont. after bomber attack[22]
Hamilton hydro commission prohibits commercial and decorative lighting, and dims street lights to 60%[23]
"Environments created by war foster dangerous inclinations and tendencies" - PM King urges temperance as part of war effort[24]
"Prophet of a new idea" - Journalist Bruce Hutchison's tribute to late CCF leader and co-founder J.S. Woodsworth[25]
"There is work for everyone" - Whitehorse, Yukon transformed by industrial development[26]
Wife of U.S. Army general enjoys settling in Whitehorse (Note: "squaw" and rape mentioned)[27]
Brief film of Alberta oil sands being quarried and refined[28]
After three decades and 1.6 billion feet of lumber cut, Fort Frances, Ont. mill closes with banquet and dance for employees[29]
Future Netherlands queen Juliana's Ottawa maternity suite declared outside Canadian jurisdiction for birth of her third child[30]
References
- ^ "Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Ross Munro, "'I Saw Canadian Heroes Die at Dieppe,'" The Vancouver Sun, Vol. LVI, No. 272 (August 20, 1942), pgs. 1, 10. Accessed 10 July 2020 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19420820&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ Gillis Purcell, "First Full Exposition Of Dieppe Raid Given," The Globe and Mail (May 18, 1943). Accessed 8 July 2020 https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/operations/dieppe_e.html (scroll down to First Full Exposition Of Dieppe Raid Given)
- ^ Leslie Bernicky, "A Day in the Life of a Prisoner of War" Accessed 7 July 2020 http://www.cdnheroes.com/Vetstory04.htm
- ^ Canadian Naval Forces, "Memorandum: To Naval Broadcasting Officer[...]; Interview with Lieut. Cully" Accessed 8 July 2020 http://images.oakville.halinet.on.ca/results?q=interview+cully&bl=and&st=ti
- ^ H. Thornhill, "A Sad and Bitter Tale Related by Mr. J. Lundrigan - A Survivor" and "The Tale of Mr. William Strickland," It Happened in October: The Tragic Sinking of the SS Caribou. Accessed 8 July 2020 https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/caribou-sinking-lundrigan.php https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/caribou-sinking-strickland.php
- ^ Letter and telegram of Secretary of State Cordell Hull (January 8, 1942), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President: The President's Secretary's File (PSF), 1933-1945, Series 1: Safe File, Box 2, France, (PDF pgs 78-88). Accessed 8 July 2020 http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/?p=collections/findingaid&id=502 (scroll down to Box 2, France)
- ^ J.L. Ilsley, "Canada Delivering The Goods - After Agonizing Years" (January 9, 1942 newspaper clipping). Accessed 8 July 2020 https://collections.warmuseum.ca/warclip/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=5059860
- ^ U.S. Office of War Information, "Canada," The Thousand Million, pgs. 5-7. Accessed 7 July 2020 http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/hgp/id/539/rec/14
- ^ "Governor General's Speech; Continuation of Debate on Address in Reply" (January 26, 1942), House of Commons Debates, 19th Parliament, 3rd Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 20-1. Accessed 13 July 2020 http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1903_01/21?r=0&s=1
- ^ William Lyon Mackenzie King, "Canada and the War: Manpower and a Total War Effort" (August 19, 1942). Accessed 13 July 2020 https://www.canadahistory.ca/sections/documents/leaders/King/Selective%20Service.html
- ^ William Lyon Mackenzie King, "Address on the national security plebiscite, April 7, 1942" Accessed 9 July 2020 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-4068-e.html
- ^ "Canada Keeps the Faith," The Hamilton Spectator (April 28, 1942). Accessed 8 July 2020 https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/conscription_e.html (scroll down to Canada Keeps the Faith)
- ^ Translation from Israelitisches Wochenblatt, No. 48 (November 27, 1942), pg. 6, in Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression; Supplement A (Office of United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality, 1946), pg. 1230 (PDF pg. 1255). Accessed 5 August 2020 https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/NT_Nazi-conspiracy.html (click Supplement A)
- ^ Letter of Dr. [Franz] Schlegelberger "RE: Final Solution of the Jewish Question" (translation; April 5, 1942), Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression; Supplement A (Office of United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality, 1946), pgs. 814-16 (PDF pgs. 839-41). Accessed 5 August 2020 https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/NT_Nazi-conspiracy.html (click Supplement A)
- ^ "Begin Steps on Second Phase of Evacuation; End of Removal Here but People Still Face Many Difficult Issues; Independent Work Basic," The New Canadian, Vol. XXV, No. 90 (October 17, 1942), pg. 1. Accessed 10 December 2019 https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/tnc-33024/page-1
- ^ "Letters to the Editor," Granada Pioneer (Amache, Colorado, November 7, 1942), pg. 5. Accessed 15 February 2020 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025522/1942-11-07/ed-1/?sp=5
- ^ "Wartime Toronto and Japanese Canadians," Polyphony (Summer 1984), pgs. 199-200. Accessed 10 July 2020 https://archives.studentscommission.ca/magic/mt71.html
- ^ Letter of Hume Wrong to Department of External Affairs (February 16, 1942). Accessed 7 July 2020 https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/---reasonable-censorship-privi/16-february-1942--letter-from-
- ^ "'Guinea Pig' Company To Test A.R.P. Methods" (January 17, 1942) and "Manitoba A.R.P. Area; Work To Start Despite 'Not Necessary' Verdict" (January 23, 1942), The Winnipeg Tribune. Accessed 9 July 2020 http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/canada_war/tribune/website/clippings/Air_Raid_Precaution-Winnipeg/January%201942.shtml
- ^ Dick Sanburn, "If On A Black Morn Winnipeg Fell Under Nazi Heel," The Winnipeg Tribune, 53rd Year, No. 43 (February 19, 1942), pg. 1. Accessed 9 July 2020 https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm:1383907
- ^ "Death and Destruction!; What the Gore Could Look Like After a Dive-Bomber Blitz!," The Hamilton Spectator, Vol. XCVI, No. 31 (March 2, 1942), Second Section. Accessed 9 July 2020 http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/newspaper-clipping-2-march-1942
- ^ Mayor Wm. Morrison, "WARNING To All Persons in Hamilton!" (1942). Accessed 8 July 2020 http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/hydro-electric-commission-city-hamilton-leaflet-20-september-1942
- ^ William Lyon Mackenzie King, "Canada and the War; Temperance and a Total War Effort" (December 16, 1942 broadcast). Accessed 9 July 2020 https://www.canadahistory.ca/sections/documents/leaders/King/Temperence%20War%20effort.html
- ^ Bruce Hutchison, "Saint in Politics," The First Ten Years, 1932-1942; Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, pg. 2. Accessed 9 July 2020 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/6487/5.html
- ^ "The Old Town Has Gone," The Whitehorse Star (May 8, 1942), pg. 2. Accessed 9 July 2020 https://www.alaskahighwayarchives.ca/en/chap3/gallery.php?im=4#photoTop
- ^ Letter of Nettie Hodge (August 24, 1942). Accessed 9 July 2020 http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/northern/search_metadata.php?status=search&ID=15974&field1=SubjectID&search1=271
- ^ British Pathé, "Canada's New Oil Reserves" (Dublin Issue). Accessed 10 May 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blphn0MVsag
- ^ "Shevlin-Clarke Co. Ltd. Ends 32 Years of Lumbering Operations in Fort Frances," Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald (April 23, 1942). Accessed 9 July 2020 https://www.fftimes.com/100-years-100-stories/SCENDS.html
- ^ "Proclamation," The Canada Gazette, Vol. LXXVI, No. 232, Extra (December 26, 1942). Accessed 7 July 2020 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canada-gazette/001060-119.01-e.php?image_id_nbr=340527&document_id_nbr=9450&f=g
