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Events from the year 1919 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Governor General – Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
- Prime Minister – Robert Borden
- Chief Justice – Louis Henry Davies (Prince Edward Island)
- Parliament – 13th
Provincial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Francis S. Barnard (until December 9) then Edward Gawler Prior
- 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 – John Strathearn Hendrie (until November 20) then Lionel Herbert Clarke
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Augustine Colin Macdonald (until July 16) then Murdock MacKinnon (from September 2)
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Fitzpatrick
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Richard Stuart Lake
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of Alberta – Charles Stewart
- Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver
- Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris
- Premier of New Brunswick – Walter Foster
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – William Hearst (until November 14) then Ernest Drury
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Aubin Arsenault (until September 9) then John Howatt Bell
- Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William Melville Martin
Territorial governments
[edit]Commissioners
[edit]- Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory
Events
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January to June
[edit]- January 19 – Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.
- February 17 – Wilfrid Laurier, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and former prime minister of Canada, dies in office.
- April 17 – New Brunswick women are permitted to vote.
- April 10 – The Quebec referendum on the prohibition of alcohol.
- May 3 – Yukon women are permitted to vote.
- May 15 – June 25 – Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
- May 22 – The House of Commons passes the Nickle Resolution.
- June – Rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bronc chute is designed and made by rodeo cowboy Earl W. Bascom at the Bascom Ranch in Lethbridge, Alberta
- June 6 – The government-owned Canadian National Railway is formed out of a number of financially troubled private railways.
- June 28 – Canada signs the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the First World War
July to December
[edit]- September 1 – Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, opens the third session of the 13th Canadian Parliament
- September 6 – George-Étienne Cartier Monument unveiled
- September 9 – John Howatt Bell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Aubin Arsenault.
- October 20 – Ontario election: Ernest C. Drury's United Farmers of Ontario win a majority, defeating Sir William Hearst's Conservatives.
- November 14 – Ernest Drury becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Sir William Hearst.
Full date unknown
[edit]- Influenza epidemic in Alberta.
- Monument aux braves de N.D.G. unveiled
Arts and literature
[edit]- February 27 – Robert Harris, Canadian painter (b. 1848)
Sport
[edit]- December 22 – Toronto Arenas become the Toronto St. Patricks
- March 19–22 – Ontario Hockey Association's University of Toronto Schools win the first Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association's Regina Pats 29–8 in a two-game aggregate at the Arena Gardens in Toronto
Births
[edit]January to June
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- January 13 – Igor Gouzenko, Russian defector (d. 1982)
- January 23 – Frances Bay, actress (d. 2011)[2]
- February 17 – J. M. S. Careless, historian (d. 2009)[3]
- February 20
- Thomas Ide, educator and the founding Chairman of TVOntario (d. 1996)
- Joe Krol, Canadian football player (d. 2008)
- March 21 – Victor Copps, politician and Mayor of Hamilton (d. 1988)
- March 26 – Vernon Singer, politician (d. 2003)
- April 16 – Louis Harrington Lewry, politician and reporter (d. 1992)
- April 21 – William Perehudoff, painter (d. 2013)
- May 27 – Francess Halpenny, editor and professor (d. 2017)
- May 29 – Jacques Genest, physician and academic (d. 2018)
- June 18 – Gordon A. Smith, artist and teacher (d. 2020)[4]
- June 19
- Gérard Dionne, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2020)
- Simon Reisman, civil servant and chief negotiator of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (d. 2008)
- June 21 – Gérard Pelletier, journalist, editor, politician and Minister (d. 1997)
July to December
[edit]- July 5 – Gordon Towers, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta (d. 1999)
- August 1 – Jack Butterfield, President of the American Hockey League (1969–1994) (d. 2010)
- August 9 – Edmund Hockridge, singer and actor (d. 2009)
- August 19 – Margaret Marquis, Canadian-American actress (d. 1993)
- August 21 – Marcel Lambert, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 2000)
- September 1 – Gladys Davis, professional baseball player (d. 1991)
- September 11 – Daphne Odjig, artist (d. 2016)
- October 12 – Gilles Beaudoin, politician and mayor of Trois-Rivières (d. 2007)
- October 17 – Violet Milstead, World War II aviator and bush pilot (d. 2014)
- October 18 – Pierre Trudeau, politician and 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
- November 1 – Russell Bannock, aviator and test pilot (d. 2020)
- November 14 – Albert Ludwig, politician (d. 2019)
- November 21 – Eleanor Collins, jazz singer (d. 2024)
- December 10 – Vincent Brassard, politician (d. 1974)
- December 25 – Paul David, cardiologist and founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
Deaths
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- January 30 – Sam Steele, soldier and member of the North-West Mounted Police (b. 1849)
- February 17 – Wilfrid Laurier, politician and 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
- July 29 – Frederick Peters, lawyer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1851)
- August 18 – Joseph E. Seagram, distillery founder, politician, philanthropist and racehorse owner (b. 1841)
- October 14 – Simon Hugh Holmes, publisher, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1831)
- November 10 – Charles Mickle, politician (b. 1849)
- November 11 – George Haddow, politician and merchant (b. 1833)
- December 10 – Arthur Boyle, politician (b. 1842)
- December 29 – William Osler, physician (b. 1849)
See also
[edit]Historical documents
[edit]Canada and other dominions demand full status in League of Nations[5]
J.W. Dafoe hears about Canadian researchers whose weapon helped to end First World War[6]
Getting soldiers from France to England to Canada and their dispersal stations for discharge[7]
Returning veteran longs for home, especially to escape English hostility and disdain[8]
Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment vocational officer reports 30% of trainees not prepared enough to get jobs, and 60% won't keep jobs[9]
Film: tractor use on farm and roadwork[10]
Film: silver mining in northern Ontario[11]
Film: highlights of tour by Edward, Prince of Wales to Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Ontario[12]
Prince of Wales makes very successful postwar visit to Regina (Note: racial stereotypes)[13]
Chronic illness resulting from influenza epidemic includes "Great White Plague" of tuberculosis[14]
Debate on creation of federal health ministry brings up infant mortality, tuberculosis and venereal disease as well as influenza[15]
Newspaper published "in the interest of the Citizens" opposes Winnipeg General Strike[16]
Solicitor-General says legislation against sedition targets "insidious agencies of crime and revolt," not Winnipeg General Strike[17]
Editorial insists Winnipeg General Strike leaders rightly charged with sedition, and trial will decide their guilt or innocence[18]
Indictment for seditious libel against J.S. Woodsworth quotes his newspaper's coverage of police attack on Winnipeg General Strikers[19]
Royal commission reports on causes and events of Winnipeg General Strike[20]
Alberta labour leader reports on convention discussing discrimination at home and internationalism abroad[21]
Communist Party of Canada program calls for rejection of reform in favour of revolution[22]
Professor says chemistry graduates will keep leaving Canada until domestic chemical industry is induced to exploit their research talent[23]
Stern warnings and instruction from Saskatoon Fire Department to combat "national disgrace of fire waste"[24]
Boy Scouts provide courier service after Maritimes storm breaks telegraph connection between Western and Eastern Hemispheres[25]
Opinion and possible legislation supports Canadian content in film-making[26]
References
[edit]- ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Maslin Nir, Sarah (September 18, 2011). "Frances Bay, Actress Known for ‘Old Lady’ Roles, Dies at 92". The New York Times.
- ^ CBC article "Canadian Historian J. M.S. Careless dies"
- ^ "The most loved artist in B.C., Gordon Smith, turns 100 | Vancouver Sun". 2019-06-17. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ The Associated Press, "Dominions Will Make Big Claims; Will Ask to Be Admitted to League as Individual Nations; Want Same Status as Other Powers" The Calgary Daily Herald, No. 4938 (January 21, 1919), pg. 1. Accessed 20 March 2020
- ^ John W. Dafoe, Paris Peace Conference Diary Transcriptions, pgs. 87 to 88. Accessed 20 March 2020
- ^ The Repatriation Committee, "War to Peace; Demobilizing Canada's Army" The (Edmonton) Morning Bulletin, Vol. IX, No. 228 (January 18, 1919), pg. 2. Accessed 20 March 2020
- ^ Letter of Harold Henry Simpson (April 13, 1919). Accessed 20 March 2020
- ^ Testimony of Roderick S. Kennedy (October 3, 1919), Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment; Proceedings of the Special Committee[...]of the House of Commons[....], pg. 564. Accessed 12 October 2020 (See also "14. Rehabilitation of Returned Soldiers," Canada's Part in the Great War pgs. 49-58)
- ^ "Why Not Use a Tractor?" (1919), Ontario Motion Picture Bureau, Pathéscope of Canada Limited, Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 7 July 2024
- ^ Government of Ontario, "Silver Mining in Ontario" (1919), Library and Archives Canada. (See also fictional depiction of "Life in a Mining Camp") Accessed 22 September 2024
- ^ British Pathé, "Prince of Wales in Canada." Accessed 10 May 2020
- ^ "Greatest Crowd Ever Seen In Saskatchewan Welcomes The Prince" Regina Morning Leader (October 6, 1919), pgs. 9 & 10. Accessed 23 March 2020
- ^ "Results of Influenza" The (Weston, Ont.) Times & Guide (January 1, 1919), pg. 1. Accessed 30 March 2020.
- ^ Senate Debates, 13th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 1 (May 1, 1919), pgs. 287-289. Accessed 30 March 2020.
- ^ The Winnipeg Citizen, Vol. 1, No. 21 (June 11, 1919). Accessed 23 March 2020
- ^ "Says Sedition Act Not Result of Strike Here" The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XXX, No. 130 (June 11, 1919), pg. 11. Accessed 23 March 2020
- ^ "Most Serious Charges" The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XXX, No. 136 (June 18, 1919), pg. 4. Accessed 23 March 2020
- ^ Indictment for: Publishing Seditious Libels; 6 Counts, The King vs J.S. Woodsworth, Court of King's Bench. Accessed 23 March 2020
- ^ "Royal Commission to Enquire into(...)the General Strike Which Recently Existed in the City of Winnipeg(...); Report of H.A. Robson, K.C., Commissioner" (November 6, 1919). Accessed 23 March 2020
- ^ Alex. Ross, MLA, "The Alberta Labor Convention" The Alberta Non Partisan, Vol. 3, No. 3 (January 30, 1919), pg. 4. Accessed 24 March 2020
- ^ Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada, "Programme of the Communist Party of Canada" Accessed 24 March 2020
- ^ Testimony of William Lash Miller (June 4, 1919), Proceedings of the [House] Special Committee [on] the Development in Canada of Scientific Research, pgs. 92-5. Accessed 15 October 2020
- ^ Saskatoon Fire Department, "Saskatoon Fire Prevention Bulletin," Souvenir; Saskatoon Fire Department; Fire Prevention and First Aid (1919), pg. 29 and after. Accessed 25 March 2020
- ^ "Canadian Scouts Save Wire Service" Scouting, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2, 1919), pg. 8. Accessed 12 February 2020
- ^ "Canadian Legislation May Cut U.S. Film Importations" Variety, Vol. LIII, No. 10 (January 31, 1919), pg. 57. Accessed 24 March 2020
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