1935 in Canada

Years in Canada:	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
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Years:	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Events from the year 1935 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

Crown[]

Monarch – George V

Federal government[]

Governor General – Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (until November 2) then John Buchan
Prime Minister – Richard B. Bennett (until October 23) then William Lyon Mackenzie King
Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
Parliament – 17th (until 14 August)

Provincial governments[]

Lieutenant governors[]

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Legh Walsh
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John William Fordham Johnson
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William Johnston Tupper
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hugh Havelock McLean (until February 8) then Murray MacLaren
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 – Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin Munroe

Premiers[]

Premier of Alberta – Richard Gavin Reid (until September 3) then William Aberhart
Premier of British Columbia – Duff Pattullo
Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick – Leonard Tilley (until July 16) then Allison Dysart
Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
Premier of Prince Edward Island – William J. P. MacMillan (until August 15) then Walter Lea
Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Premier of Saskatchewan – James Garfield Gardiner (until November 1) then William John Patterson

Territorial governments[]

Commissioners[]

Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Vacant (Roy A. Gibson acting)

Events[]

January to June[]

January 2 – Prime Minister R. B. Bennett outlines his programme
March 11
- Bank of Canada established
- The Bank of Canada issues a $500 banknote with Sir John A. Macdonald's portrait and a $1,000 note with Sir Wilfrid Laurier's portrait
May 7 – David Dunlap Observatory opens
May 25 – Cabot Monument unveiled, Montreal
June 5 – The On-to-Ottawa Trek begins
June 26 – "Regina Riot": Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire into unarmed crowd of unemployed marchers in Regina, Saskatchewan

July to December[]

July 5 – Canadian Wheat Board established^[1]
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

Arts and literature[]

Sport[]

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

Births[]

January to June[]

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 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 December[]

Donald Sutherland at the London premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 in 2014

July 3 – Bill Reichart, ice hockey player
July 11 – Bobbie Sparrow, politician
July 17 – Donald Sutherland, actor
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 24 – Sean McCann, actor (d. 2019)^[2]
September 27 – Al MacNeil, ice hockey player and coach
October 3 – Floyd Laughren, politician
October 15 – Willie O'Ree, ice hockey player, first Black Canadian player in the National Hockey League
October 20 – Russell Doern, politician (d. 1987)
November 17 – Audrey Thomas, novelist and short story writer
December 11 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian 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^[3]

Full date unknown[]

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)

Deaths[]

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

On radio, PM Bennett declares "reform means Government intervention[,] control and regulation [and] the end of laissez faire" ^[4]

In current national crisis, Commons Clerk suggests constituent assembly replace British North America Act with modern constitution^[5]

Prime Minister Bennett argues need to pass laws that courts will approve of ^[6]

"The trouble is [lack of] accommodation designed objectively for the low wage earner" - House committee calls for national housing policy^[7]

In election broadcast, Bennett admits that at his age (65), "ambitions dim, the love of power dies" ^[8]

PM King and President Roosevelt support trade – "another word for increased employment, transportation and consumption" ^[9]

Secretary of State Hull says goal of U.S. foreign policy is to preserve peace of "friends," not of "inequality based on force" ^[10]

Statement of 330 international psychiatrists warns of "evident war-psychosis" in global mentality ^[11]

Tour of Flanders' grave-strewn fields, twenty years later ^[12]

Sports page commentary on why Jews belong at Berlin Olympics ^[13]

Eyewitnesses tell inquiry about clashes involving police, residents and On-to-Ottawa trekkers in Regina ^[14]

Canadian Federation of the Blind founder explains to House committee need for pensions for blind people^[15]

Columbia University student newspaper's review of Maria Chapdelaine movie ^[16]

References[]

^ Wheat Board history Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ "MCCANN, William Leonard Sean McCann - Canadian Obituaries".
^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
^ 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
^ Testimony of Arthur Beauchesne (April 16, 1935), Special Committee on British North America Act, pg. 126. Accessed 26 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1706_1_1/144?r=0&s=1
^ "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")
^ "Third and Final Report" (April 16, 1935), Special Committee on Housing, pgs. 364-6. Accessed 26 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1706_3_1/432?r=0&s=1
^ Canadian Press, "'Ambitions Dim At My Age,'" The (Vancouver) Sunday Sun, Vol. XCII, No. 306 (September 7, 1935), pg. 1. Accessed 10 June 2020 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19350907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
^ "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 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ppotpus/4925387.1935.001/467
^ 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 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar/hull9.htm
^ Science Service, "Science War Warning;[...]Man's Fierce Instincts," The Vancouver Sun, Vol. XCII (October 22, 1935), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 10 June 2020 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19351022&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
^ R. Duder, "Flanders 1935," The Veteran Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1 (December 1935), pgs. 50, 57. Accessed 12 June 2020 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns_veteran/id/30610/rec/4
^ Hal Straight, "Sport Rays" column, Vancouver Sun (November 1, 1935). Accessed 10 June 2020 http://vhec.org/1936_olympics/the_boycott_debate/the_decision_to_go^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Eye-Witnesses Tell Dramatic Story Of Dominion Day Riots," Regina Leader Post (December 11, 1935), pg. 10. Accessed 10 June 2020 http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/con15.html
^ "Minutes of Evidence" (February 21, 1935), Standing Committee on Industrial and International Relations, pgs. 1-4. Accessed 26 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1706_4_1/13?r=0&s=1
^ 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

[1] Wheat Board history Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "MCCANN, William Leonard Sean McCann - Canadian Obituaries".

[3] Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.

[4] 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

[5] Testimony of Arthur Beauchesne (April 16, 1935), Special Committee on British North America Act, pg. 126. Accessed 26 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1706_1_1/144?r=0&s=1

[6] "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")

[7] "Third and Final Report" (April 16, 1935), Special Committee on Housing, pgs. 364-6. Accessed 26 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1706_3_1/432?r=0&s=1

[8] Canadian Press, "'Ambitions Dim At My Age,'" The (Vancouver) Sunday Sun, Vol. XCII, No. 306 (September 7, 1935), pg. 1. Accessed 10 June 2020 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19350907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

[9] "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 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ppotpus/4925387.1935.001/467

[10] 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 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar/hull9.htm

[11] Science Service, "Science War Warning;[...]Man's Fierce Instincts," The Vancouver Sun, Vol. XCII (October 22, 1935), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 10 June 2020 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19351022&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

[12] R. Duder, "Flanders 1935," The Veteran Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1 (December 1935), pgs. 50, 57. Accessed 12 June 2020 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns_veteran/id/30610/rec/4

[13] Hal Straight, "Sport Rays" column, Vancouver Sun (November 1, 1935). Accessed 10 June 2020 http://vhec.org/1936_olympics/the_boycott_debate/the_decision_to_go^{[permanent dead link]}

[14] "Eye-Witnesses Tell Dramatic Story Of Dominion Day Riots," Regina Leader Post (December 11, 1935), pg. 10. Accessed 10 June 2020 http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/con15.html

[15] "Minutes of Evidence" (February 21, 1935), Standing Committee on Industrial and International Relations, pgs. 1-4. Accessed 26 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1706_4_1/13?r=0&s=1

[16] 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

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Contents

Incumbents[]

Crown[]

Federal government[]

Provincial governments[]

Lieutenant governors[]

Premiers[]

Territorial governments[]

Commissioners[]

Events[]

January to June[]

July to December[]

Arts and literature[]

Sport[]

Births[]

January to June[]

July to December[]

Full date unknown[]

Deaths[]

See also[]

Historical documents[]

References[]

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