1934 in Canada
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Years: | 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 |
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Events from the year 1934 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch – George V
Federal government
- Governor general – Vere Ponsonby
- Prime minister – Richard Bedford Bennett
- Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
- Parliament – 17th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Legh Walsh
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John William Fordham Johnson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Duncan McGregor (until December 1) then William Johnston Tupper
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hugh Havelock McLean
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Walter Harold Covert
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Herbert Alexander Bruce
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George Des Brisay de Blois
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Henry George Carroll (until April 29) then Esioff-Léon Patenaude
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin Munroe
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – John Edward Brownlee (until July 10) then Richard Gavin Reid
- Premier of British Columbia – Duff Pattullo
- Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – Leonard Tilley
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario – George Stewart Henry (until July 10) then Mitchell Hepburn
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – William J. P. MacMillan
- Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan – James Thomas Milton Anderson (until July 19) then James Garfield Gardiner
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Rowatt (until April 30) then Vacant (Roy A. Gibson acting)
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
Arts and literature
Sport
- February 14 – The Ace Bailey Benefit Game (forerunner of the annual National Hockey League All-Star Game) is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
- April 5 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto St. Michael's Majors win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Edmonton Junior Hockey League's Edmonton Athletics 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
- November 24 – The Sarnia Imperials win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Roughriders 20 to 12 in the 22nd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium
Births
January to March
- January 3 - Yves Gaucher, artist
- January 7 - Jean Corbeil, politician (d. 2002)
- 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
April to June
- May 17 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist (d.2009)
- May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy
- June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic
- June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d.2003)
- June 22
- Willie Adams, politician and Senator
- Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and former Senator
- June 25 - Théodore Jean Arcand, diplomat
- June 27 - Norman Atkins, businessman and Senator
- June 30 - Aron Tager, Canadian actor (d. 2019)
July to September
- July 12 - Mira Spivak, politician
- July 13 - Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter (d.2002)
- July 16 - Albert Aguayo, neurologist
- July 19 - Larry Zolf, journalist (d. 2011)
- July 27 - Jim Elder, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist
- August 11 - Abrams twins, Lillian and Dorothy
- August 31 - Herb Epp, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (1977–1990) (d. 2013)
- September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d. 2016 in the United States)
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 6 - Barton Myers, American/Canadian architect
- November 11 - Suzanne Lloyd, film and television actress
- November 21 - Howard Pawley, politician, professor and 18th Premier of Manitoba
- November 26 - Conrad Santos, politician
- November 30 - Marcel Prud'homme, politician and Senator
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)
- September 1 – William Anderson Black, politician (b.1847)
- October 4 - Henry Sproatt, architect (b.1866)
- November 10 - Sir Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b.1853)
Historical Documents
Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stability [1]
Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation [2]
Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans [3]
Newfoundland goes under rule by commission "until the credit of the country has been restored" [4]
P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits" [5]
Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries [6]
P.E.I. merchant finds 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in Halifax [7]
Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Germany and Poland [8]
MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization" [9]
Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws [10]
"Officials and supporters of the Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast [11]
Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief [12]
References
- C.R. Blackburn, "Steady Recovery Is Gov't Policy[...]; Hard Work And Thrift Only Means Of Lasting Recovery Claims Premier Bennett," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 6, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340206
- Canadian Press, "25,679 Decrease In Families On Relief Payments," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 2, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340202
- Canadian Press, "Ottawa Moves to Form Central Bank," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 23, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340223
- Canadian Press, "Newfoundland Loses Self-Gov't Today," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 16, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340216
- Canadian Press, "Maritimes Doing All In Their Power To Cut Expenditures," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 15, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340115
- Canadian Press, "Marketing Bill Shown Essential To Recovery Of Maritime Fisheries," The Charlottetown Guardian (April 27, 1934), pgs. 1, 8. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340427
- "Empire Trade a Great Boon to Halifax," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 10, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340110
- "Canadian Congress Will Launch Relief Campaign for Striken Jewry," Jewish Western Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 9 (Vancouver, May 31, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/jwb-52166/page-1
- Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie, "Questions; German Consul-General in Canada" (February 28, 1934), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 1028-9. Accessed 5 June 2020 http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1705_01/1029?r=0&s=1
- "Drastic Wheat Control Law For Emergencies," Regina Leader-Post (March 14, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/agr7.html
- The Canadian Wheat Pools On the Air; A Series of Radio Messages (1935). Accessed 5 June 2020 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/5973.html
- Canadian Press, "Sweatshop Conditions Pictured," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 28, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340228
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