1935 in Canada

July 5 – Canadian Wheat Board established<ref>Wheat Board history Template:Webarchive</ref>
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 William J. P. MacMillan
August 22 – 1935 Alberta general election: 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 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
- The magnitude 6.2 Timiskaming earthquake shakes western Quebec

SportEdit

April 9 – The Montreal Maroons win their second and final Stanley Cup by defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3 games to 0. The deciding game was played at the Montreal Forum. This was the last time a non-Original Six team won the Stanley Cup until the Philadelphia Flyers won the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals.
April 13 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Winnipeg Monarchs win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Northern Ontario Hockey Association's Sudbury Cub Wolves 2 games to 1. All game played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
December 7 – The Winnipeg 'Pegs become the first western team to win the Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tigers 18 to 12 in the 23rd Grey Cup played at Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds

BirthsEdit

January to JuneEdit

January 6 – Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
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
January 18 – Albert Millaire, actor and theatre director (d. 2018)
January 21 – Jack Tunney, professional wrestling promoter (d. 2004)
January 29 – Christina McCall, political writer (d. 2005)
February 9 – Ron Attwell, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
February 14
- Rob McConnell, jazz musician (d. 2010)
- Howie Glover, ice hockey player (d. 2021)
February 21 – Jean Pelletier, politician and Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2009)
March 2 – Al Waxman, actor and director (d. 2001)
March 15 – Mary Pratt, painter (d. 2018)
March 24 – Mary Seeman, psychiatrist
April 16 – Ray Frenette, 28th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 2018)
April 22 – Rita Johnston, politician, Canada's first female premier and 29th Premier of British Columbia
April 28 – Murray McBride, politician
May 5 – Billy Two Rivers, wrestler (d. 2023)
May 7 – Isobel Warren, author
May 25 – W. P. Kinsella, novelist and short story writer (d. 2016)
May 26 – Pat Carney, politician, minister and senator
May 30 – Ruta Lee, actress
June 2 – Carol Shields, author (d. 2003)
June 28 – Bob Hobert, football player

July to DecemberEdit

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July 3 – Bill Reichart, ice hockey player (d. 2021 in the United States)
July 11 – Bobbie Sparrow, politician
July 17 – Donald Sutherland, actor (d. 2024)
July 23 – Danièle Dorice, singer and teacher (d. 2018)
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 (d. 2020)
- François Barbeau, costume designer (d. 2016)
July 29 – Pat Lowther, poet (d. 1975)
August 30 – Daniel L. Norris, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (d. 2008)
September 9 – Fred Stone, jazz musician (d. 1986)
September 24 – Sean McCann, actor (d. 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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September 27 – Al MacNeil, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2025)
October 3 – Floyd Laughren, politician
October 15 – Willie O'Ree, ice hockey player, first Black Canadian player in the National Hockey League<ref>Template:Icehockeystats</ref>
October 20 – Russell Doern, politician (d. 1987)
November 15 – Bill Graham, Canadian football player (d. 2020)
November 17 – Audrey Thomas, novelist and short story writer
December 9 – Christopher Pratt, painter and printmaker (d. 2022)<ref>Christopher Pratt, prominent Canadian painter and printmaker, dies at 86</ref>
December 11 – Elmer Vasko, ice hockey player (d. 1998)
December 12 – John Wise, politician, MP for Elgin (1972–1988); Minister of Agriculture (1979–1980; 1984–1988) (d. 2013)
December 13 – Raymond Speaker, politician
December 21 – Edward Schreyer, politician, Premier of Manitoba and Governor General of Canada<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Full date unknownEdit

James Bourque, First Nations activist (d. 1996)
Lionel Giroux, midget wrestler (d. 1995)
J. Robert Janes, author
Alex Janvier, artist
Louise Laurin, educator and activist (d. 2013)

DeathsEdit

March 15 – James Duncan McGregor, agricultural pioneer, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b. 1860)
March 16 – John Macleod, physician, physiologist and Nobel laureate (b. 1876)
April 10 – 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.

Historical documentsEdit

On radio, PM Bennett declares "reform means Government intervention[,] control and regulation [and] the end of laissez faire" <ref>R.B. Bennett, The Premier Speaks to the People: The First Address[....] (January 2, 1935), pgs. 9-20. Accessed 10 June 2020 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/2/4/h4-4049-e.html</ref>

In current national crisis, Commons Clerk suggests constituent assembly replace British North America Act with modern constitution<ref>Testimony of Arthur Beauchesne (April 16, 1935), Special Committee on British North America Act, pg. 126 Accessed 26 October 2020</ref>

Prime Minister Bennett argues need to pass laws that courts will approve of<ref>"Trade Commission – Mr. Bennett" (June 19, 1935), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 6th Session: Vol. 4, pgs. 3809-11. Accessed 10 June 2020 http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1706_04/561?r=0&s=1 (scroll down to second "Hear, hear")</ref>

"The trouble is [lack of] accommodation designed objectively for the low wage earner" - House committee calls for national housing policy<ref>"Third and Final Report" (April 16, 1935), Special Committee on Housing, pgs. 364-6 Accessed 26 October 2020</ref>

In election broadcast, Bennett admits that at his age (65), "ambitions dim, the love of power dies"<ref>Canadian Press, "'Ambitions Dim At My Age,'" The (Vancouver) Sunday Sun, Vol. XCII, No. 306 (September 7, 1935), pg. 1. Accessed 10 June 2020</ref>

PM King and President Roosevelt support trade – "another word for increased employment, transportation and consumption"<ref>"Joint Statement by the President and Rt. Hon. W. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, on Trade Relations. November 9, 1935," The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volume Four, The Court Disapproves, 1935, pg. 441 Accessed 11 June 2020</ref>

Secretary of State Hull says goal of U.S. foreign policy is to preserve peace of "friends," not of "inequality based on force"<ref>U.S. Department of State, "Address Delivered by the Secretary of State(...), February 16, 1935" Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941 (Publication 1983, 1943), pgs. 249-54. Accessed 10 June 2020</ref>

Statement of 330 international psychiatrists warns of "evident war-psychosis" in global mentality<ref>Science Service, "Science War Warning;[...]Man's Fierce Instincts," The Vancouver Sun, Vol. XCII (October 22, 1935), pgs. 1, 3 Accessed 10 June 2020</ref>

Tour of Flanders' grave-strewn fields, twenty years later<ref>R. Duder, "Flanders 1935," The Veteran Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1 (December 1935), pgs. 50, 57. Accessed 12 June 2020</ref>

Eyewitnesses tell inquiry about clashes involving police, residents and On-to-Ottawa trekkers in Regina<ref>"Eye-Witnesses Tell Dramatic Story Of Dominion Day Riots" Regina Leader Post (December 11, 1935), pg. 10. Accessed 10 June 2020</ref>

Canadian Federation of the Blind founder explains to House committee need for pensions for blind people<ref>"Minutes of Evidence" (February 21, 1935), Standing Committee on Industrial and International Relations, pgs. 1-4. Accessed 26 October 2020</ref>

Columbia University student newspaper's review of Maria Chapdelaine movie<ref>M.C., "A Canadian Idyll; Maria Chapdelaine. A French sound film, from the novel by Louise [sic] Hemon," Columbia Daily Spectator, Vol. LIX, No. 9 (October 8, 1935), pg. 2. Accessed 10 June 2020 http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19351008-01.2.16&srpos=523 (click "Maximize" symbol at upper right)</ref>

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Contents

IncumbentsEdit

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PremiersEdit

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EventsEdit

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SportEdit

BirthsEdit

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DeathsEdit

See alsoEdit

Historical documentsEdit

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