1922 in Canada
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Events from the year 1922 in Canada.
Incumbents[]
Crown[]
- Monarch – George V
Federal government[]
- Governor General – Julian Byng
- Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Chief Justice – Louis Henry Davies (Prince Edward Island)
- Parliament – 14th (from 8 March)
Provincial governments[]
Lieutenant governors[]
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Cameron Nichol
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William Pugsley
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Henry Cockshutt
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Murdock MacKinnon
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Fitzpatrick
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Henry William Newlands
Premiers[]
- Premier of Alberta – Herbert Greenfield
- Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver
- Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris (until August 8) then John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – Walter Foster
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – Ernest Drury
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Howatt Bell
- Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William Melville Martin (until April 5) then Charles Avery Dunning
Territorial governments[]
Commissioners[]
- Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory
Events[]
- January 1 – British Columbia changes from driving on the left to the right
- January 11 – The world's first insulin treatment is made at the Toronto General Hospital. The successful technique would later win a Nobel Prize for its creators, Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
- April 5 – Charles Dunning becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Martin
- May 3 – The women of Prince Edward Island win the right to vote
- July – Rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch, Lethbridge, Alberta
- August 8 – John Bracken becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Tobias Norris
- September 15 – Prime Minister Mackenzie King refuses to support the British in the Chanak Affair, asserting foreign policy independence for the first time
- October 9 – Prairie Bible College opens with eight students in Three Hills, Alberta
- October 22 – Dante Monument (Montreal) unveiled
- December 1 – New Brunswick changes from driving on the left to the right
- December 5 – The land around Vimy Ridge is given to Canada by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during World War I
Full date unknown[]
- Montreal Clock Tower completed
- The first licences for private commercial radio stations are issued[1]
Sport[]
- March 20–22 – The Ontario Hockey Association's win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 8 to 7 in a two-game aggregate played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
- March 28 – The NHL's Toronto St. Pats win their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2. The deciding game was played at Toronto's Arena Gardens
- December 2 – Queen's University win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Elks 13 to 1 in the 10th Grey Cup played at Kingston's Richardson Memorial Stadium
Arts and literature[]
- Nanook of the North is released, the first film to be called a documentary
Births[]
January to June[]
- January 21
- Lincoln Alexander, politician and 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.2012)
- Rhoda Wurtele and Rhona Wurtele (d. 2020), skiers
- February 25 – Molly Bobak, teacher, writer, printmaker and painter (d.2014)
- April 24 – Philip Givens, politician, judge and Mayor of Toronto (d.1995)
- April 26 – Jeanne Sauvé, politician and first female Governor General of Canada (d.1993)[2]
- April 28 – Daryl Seaman, businessman (d.2009)
- May 2 – A. M. Rosenthal, columnist and newspaper editor (d.2006)
- May 3 – Jeanne Landry, Canadian composer, pianist and teacher (d.2011)
- May 26 – Lorraine Monk, photographer (d. 2020)
- June 9 – Fernand Seguin, biochemist, professor and television host (d.1988)
- June 11 – Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (d.1982)
- June 22 – Richard Vollenweider, limnologist (d.2007)
July to September[]
- July 16 – Augustin Brassard, politician
- July 30 – Jack McClelland, publisher (d.2004)
- August 7 – Helmut Kallmann, historian
- August 11 – Mavis Gallant, writer
- August 24 – René Lévesque, politician, Minister and 23rd Premier of Quebec (d.1987)
- September 1 – Yvonne De Carlo, actress, dancer and singer (d.2007)
- September 3 – Salli Terri, singer, arranger, recording artist and songwriter (d.1996)
- September 16 – Alex Barris, actor and writer (d.2004)
October to December[]
- October 9 – Léon Dion, political scientist (d.1997)
- October 17 – Pierre Juneau, politician and film and broadcast executive
- November 12 – Charlotte MacLeod, writer (d.2005)
- December 3 – Muriel Millard, actress, dancer, painter, singer-songwriter (d.2014)
- December 11 – Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (d.1992)
- December 22 – Percy Smith, barrister, lawyer and politician (d.2009)
Full date unknown[]
- Milt Harradence, lawyer, pilot, politician and judge (d.2008)
- Hilda Watson, leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (d.1997)
Deaths[]
- January 26 – Robert Beith, politician (b.1843)
- February 4 – Joe Fortes, lifeguard (b.1863)
- April 12 – Robert Boston, politician (b.1836)
- May 23 – Robert Franklin Sutherland, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b.1859)
- July 22 – Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist (b.1861)
- August 2 – Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone (b.1847)
- December 3 – William Proudfoot, politician and barrister (b.1859)
See also[]
Historical Documents[]
With words like "hypocrisy" and "criminal disregard," Peter Bryce outlines his efforts to end government inaction on Indigenous health[3]
Letter criticizes failure to assist homeless veterans in Montreal [4]
Dominion Veterans' Alliance calls for no fishing licences to "Orientals" (unless veterans of France) and exclusion of "alien Asiatics"[5]
Observations of artist Mary Riter Hamilton, returned from painting tour of First World War battlefields [6]
Clifford Sifton speaks on Canada's conflicted status as both sovereign country and British dominion [7]
Tight money causes U.S. farmers to consider Canada [8]
Call for return of Wheat Board to help near-bankrupt western farmers forced to sell wheat below world price[9]
B.C. MP claims canneries favour Japanese Canadians to exclusion of whites, but cannery president says whites are just lazy[10]
First human insulin trial on young diabetes patient is encouraging [11]
Article about Jews who made Quebec "the cradle of Jewish political emancipation in the British Empire"[12]
Sen. Raoul Dandurand advises colleagues to keep Senate non-partisan, without "victors and vanquished"[13]
At its founding convention, Canadian Trotskyite tells Workers Party of Canada it will unify labour for international revolution [14]
Call for women to fight capitalism, "the home-wrecker" [15]
Premier details origins and successes of prohibition in Ontario [16]
Article reports activities of arsonist ghost in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia [17]
Mysterious wreck in upper St. Lawrence River may be British warship [18]
References[]
- ^ "CBC/Radio-Canada – Our History – 1920–1939". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Jeanne Sauvé | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ P.H. Bryce, The Story of a National Crime (1922). Accessed 9 June 2021
- ^ Leslie M. Roberts, "Poppy Day 'Poppy Cock'" The Axe; A Journal of Action against Reaction, No. 4 (February 3, 1922), pg. 3. Accessed 17 April 2020
- ^ "Proceedings and Minutes of Evidence" (April 26, 1922), Pensions, Soldiers' Insurance and Re-Establishment; Proceedings of the [House] Special Committee[....], pg. 177. Accessed 15 October 2020
- ^ "Mary Riter Hamilton: Traces of War," Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 17 April 2020 https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/mary-riter-hamilton/Pages/introduction.aspx (click on each of the Thematic Galleries)
- ^ Clifford Sifton, "The Political Status of Canada; Address before the Canadian Club of Ottawa; April 8, 1922. Accessed 21 April 2020 http://www.archive.org/details/politicalstatuso00siftuoft (note: pgs. 2-3 missing)
- ^ "Canada Lands Attractive to U.S. Farmers" The (Edmonton) Morning Bulletin (January 27, 1922), pg. 1. Accessed 21 April 2020
- ^ "Minutes of Evidence" (April 6, 1922), [House Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization; Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, pgs. 5. Accessed 15 October 2020
- ^ "Minutes of Evidence" (April 21, 1922), Official Report of Evidence Taken by the Marine and Fisheries Committee of the House[,] Respecting Fisheries of British Columbia, pgs. 6, 17-18. Accessed 15 October 2020
- ^ "Work on Diabetes Shows Progress against Disease" (Toronto) Star Weekly (January 14, 1922). Accessed 21 April 2020
- ^ "When Quebec Led the World" Montreal Daily Star (December 16, 1922). Accessed 21 April 2020
- ^ Raoul Dandurand (March 14, 1922) Senate Debates, 14th Parliament, 1st Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 15-16. Accessed 8 November 2020
- ^ Maurice Spector address taken from The Worker (March 15, 1922). Accessed 21 April 2020
- ^ Florence Custance, "Women and The New Age" The Worker (May 1, 1922). Accessed 21 April 2020
- ^ E.C. Drury, "Prohibition in the Province of Ontario" International Convention; The World League Against Alcoholism; Toronto, Canada; November 24th-29th, 1922. Accessed 21 April 2020
- ^ Harold B. Whidden, "My Experiences at the MacDonald Homestead" (1922). Accessed 22 April 2020
- ^ "Sunken Craft Still Visible" Daily (Kingston, Ont.) British Whig (November 20, 1922). Accessed 22 April 2020
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