1958 in Canada

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Events from the year 1958 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II ^[1]

Federal government

Governor General – Vincent Massey ^[2]
Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker
Chief Justice – Patrick Kerwin (Ontario)
Parliament – 23rd (until 1 February) then 24th (from 12 May)

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John J. Bowlen
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Frank Mackenzie Ross
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Stewart McDiarmid
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren (until June 5) then Joseph Leonard O'Brien
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Campbell Leonard Macpherson
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alistair Fraser (until January 15) then Edward Chester Plow
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Keiller MacKay
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas William Lemuel Prowse (until March 31) then Frederick Walter Hyndman
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gaspard Fauteux (until February 14) then Onésime Gagnon
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson (until February 3) then Frank Lindsay Bastedo

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

January 16 – Louis St. Laurent is replaced by Lester B. Pearson as leader of the Liberal Party
February 19–20 – Rt Hon Ellen Fairclough first woman to assume the duties of Prime Minister for two days during John Diefenbaker's absence from the country.
March 25 – The Avro Arrow flies for the first time
March 31 – John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a massive election victory.
April 5 – The Seymour Narrows is made more easily passable after Ripple Rock was destroyed in one of the largest planned non-nuclear explosions
May 12 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
June 17 – The Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver collapses killing 18.
June 30 – Duff Roblin sworn in as premier of Manitoba
July 1 – Canada-wide television broadcasting starts
July 1 – The Lost Villages in Ontario are permanently flooded as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway construction project.
October 22 – Canada appoints, Margaret Meagher, the country's first female ambassador, to Israel.^[3]
October 23 – The third Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 74.

Full date unknown

Ellen Fairclough becomes Canada's first federal female cabinet minister.
Department of Physical Education started at the University of Saskatchewan

Arts and literature

July 16 – The Manitoba Theatre Centre opens.

New works

John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society
Farley Mowat's Coppermine Journey: An Account of a Great Adventure
Antonine Maillet's first novel Pointe-aux-Coques

Awards

See 1958 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Eric Nicol, Girdle Me A Globe

Film

Morley Callaghan's Now That April's Here is made into a feature film
Allan Dwan directs his last film Enchanted Island

Music

Paul Anka has four hit singles and becomes one of the most popular singers in the world.

Television

Sport

January 17 - The Canadian Football League is established with 9 teams (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders, Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders, and BC Lions)
April 20 – Montreal Canadiens won their Tenth (and Third consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2.
May 6 - Ottawa-Hull Canadiens won their Second (and only in Ottawa) Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at Ottawa Auditorium
November 29 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their Fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–28 in the 46th Grey Cup played at Empire Stadium in Vancouver

Births

January to June

January 10 – Terrence Scammell, voice director and voice actor
January 29 – Glen Cochrane, ice hockey player and scout
February 15 – Peter Butler, long-distance runner
February 23
- Norm Spencer, actor (d. 2020)
- Bob Stephen, Canadian football player (d. 2009)

March 8 – Raymond Simard, politician
March 30 – Maurice LaMarche, voice actor
April 7 – Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach
April 15 – Keith Acton, ice hockey player and coach
April 17 – Laslo Babits, javelin thrower
May 10 – Gaétan Boucher, speed skater and double Olympic gold medallist
May 13 – Claire Backhouse-Sharpe, badminton player^[4]
May 18 – Bob Chaperon, snooker and billiards player
June 24 – Jean Charest, lawyer and politician, 29th Premier of Quebec

July to September

Terry Fox TerryFoxToronto19800712.JPG — Terry Fox

July 12 – Tonya Williams, actress
July 28 – Terry Fox, humanitarian, athlete and cancer treatment activist (d. 1981)
August 6 – Lorne Saxberg, television journalist and news anchor (d. 2006)
August 15 – Craig MacTavish, ice hockey player and coach
August 17 – Kirk Stevens, snooker player
August 19 – Darryl Sutter, ice hockey player and coach
August 22
- Lyle Bauer, Canadian football player and executive (d. 2024)
- Colm Feore, American-born stage, film and television actor
August 29 – Linda Staudt, long-distance runner
September 7 – Peter Mettler, filmmaker
September 8 – Stevie Vallance, actress, voice actress, stage performer, singer, casting director and voice director
September 11 – Jeffrey A. Hutchings, fisheries scientist (d. 2022)
September 14 – Rob McCall, ice dancer (d. 1991)
September 16
- Diane Deans, politician (d. 2024)
- Jennifer Tilly, actress and poker player
September 17 – Monte Solberg, politician and businessman
September 28 – Angella Taylor-Issajenko, sprinter

October to December

October 8 – Neile Graham, poet and scholar
November 3 – Kevin Sorenson, politician
November 6 – Kevin Doherty, judoka
November 19 – Joe Jordan, politician
December 10 – David Paul Grove, actor and voice actor
December 12 – Lucie Guay, canoe racer
December 24 – Lyse Doucet, journalist and broadcaster
December 25 – Alannah Myles, singer-songwriter

Full date unknown

John Colapinto, journalist, author and novelist^[5]
Kim Rabot (d. 1975)
Gordon Stewart Anderson, writer (d. 1991)

Deaths

January to June

January 7 – Margaret Anglin, actress, director and producer (b. 1876)
January 8 – John Duff, race car driver (b. 1895)
January 16 – Charles Bélec, politician (b. 1872)
April 1 – J. Arthur Ross, politician (b. 1893)
May 12 – Lewis Stubbs, judge and politician (b. 1878)
June 26 – George Orton, middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medallist, first Canadian to win an Olympic medal (b. 1873)

July to December

George Stewart Henry George Stewart Henry small.gif — George Stewart Henry

July 21 – Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger, politician and lawyer (b. 1888)
September 2 – George Stewart Henry, politician and 10th Premier of Ontario (b. 1871)
September 11 – Camillien Houde, politician and four-time mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)
September 11 – Robert W. Service, poet and writer (b. 1874)
October 2 – Charles Avery Dunning, politician, Minister and university chancellor (b. 1885)
November 10 – Billy Boucher, ice hockey player (b. 1899)

References

↑ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
↑ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
↑ "Canada appoints first woman ambassador". CBC News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
↑ "Claire Sharpe". Olympedia. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
↑ Colapinto, John, 1958- : Toronto Public Library

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[1] "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[2] Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.

[3] "Canada appoints first woman ambassador". CBC News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[OlympediaBio-4] "Claire Sharpe". Olympedia. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[5] Colapinto, John, 1958- : Toronto Public Library

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1958 in Canada

Contents

Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

Full date unknown

Arts and literature

New works

Awards

Film

Music

Television

Sport

Births

January to June

July to September

October to December

Full date unknown

Deaths

January to June

July to December

See also

Related Research Articles

References