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Events from the year
1929 in Canada
.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
–
George V
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Prime Minister
–
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Chief Justice
–
Francis Alexander Anglin
(
Ontario
)
Parliament
–
16th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
William Egbert
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
Robert Randolph Bruce
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
Theodore Arthur Burrows
(until January 18) then
James Duncan McGregor
(from January 28)
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Hugh Havelock McLean
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
James Cranswick Tory
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
William Donald Ross
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Frank Richard Heartz
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Lomer Gouin
(until March 28) then
Henry George Carroll
(from April 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Henry William Newlands
Premiers
Premier of Alberta
–
John Edward Brownlee
Premier of British Columbia
–
Simon Fraser Tolmie
Premier of Manitoba
–
John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick
–
John Baxter
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Premier of Ontario
–
George Howard Ferguson
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Albert Charles Saunders
Premier of Quebec
–
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
James Garfield Gardiner
(until September 9) then
James Thomas Milton Anderson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Gold Commissioner of Yukon
–
George Ian MacLean
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
William Wallace Cory
Events
January 10 –
Lomer Gouin
becomes Quebec's
15th lieutenant governor
, serving until his death on March 28, 1929.
March 22 – The Canadian schooner and
rum-runner
I'm Alone
is sunk by the
US Coast Guard
's
USCGC
Dexter
.
April 4 –
Henry George Carroll
becomes Quebec's
16th lieutenant governor
.
June 6 –
1929 Saskatchewan election
:
James Garfield Gardiner
's Liberals win a plurality, but the other parties, led by
James T.M. Anderson
's Conservatives, will form a coalition against Gardiner, forcing him to resign as premier
May 29 – A
series of explosions
rips through
Ottawa
's sewer system.
September 9 – James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
September 10 – The
Hudson Bay Railway
opens for traffic to
Churchill, Manitoba
October 18 – The
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
rules in the
Persons Case
that women are eligible to be senators.
October 29 – The crash of the
New York Stock Exchange
marks the beginning of the
Great Depression
October 30 – Ontario election:
Howard Ferguson
's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority
November 13 – A
second stock market crash
hits Canada.
Arts and literature
January 6 –
Regina
's
Darke Hall
auditorium opened.
Science and technology
Wop May
and
Vic Horner
brave poor visibility and −30
°C temperatures in an open
cockpit
to rush
diphtheria
anti-toxin to
Fort Vermilion
.
Frozen
fish
fillets are introduced by the
Biological Board of Canada
developed by
Archibald Huntsman
.
Sport
March 30
–
The
Ontario Hockey Association
's
Toronto Marlboros
win their first
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Manitoba Junior Hockey League
's
Elmwood Millionaires
2 games to 0. The deciding Game 2 was played at
Mutual Street Arena
in
Toronto
September 12
–
The first legal
forward pass
in
Canadian football
is completed.
November 30
–
The
Hamilton Tigers
win their fourth
Grey Cup
, defeating the
Regina Roughriders
14 to 3 in the
17th Grey Cup
played at
A.A.A. Grounds
in Hamilton
Births
January to March
January 17 –
Jacques Plante
, ice hockey player (d.
1986
)
January 20 –
Pat Mahoney
, businessman, politician, and judge, MP for
Calgary South
(1968–1972), General Manager of the
Calgary Stampeders
(1965) (d.
2012
)
January 21 –
Bill Norrie
, politician and educator,
Mayor of Winnipeg
(1979–1992), Chancellor of the
University of Manitoba
(2001–2009), respiratory failure. (d.
2012
)
January 23 –
John Polanyi
, chemist and 1986
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
joint laureate
January 25 –
Brian O'Neill
, ice hockey executive (d.
2023
)
February 12 –
Philip Kives
, businessman
February 28 –
Frank Gehry
, architect
March 20 –
William Andrew MacKay
, academic, President of
Dalhousie University
(1980
–
1986) (d.
2013
)
April to June
John Turner in September 2009
April 8 –
Garnet Bloomfield
, politician (d.
2018
)
April 11 –
Eric Luoma
, cross-country skier (d.
2018
)
May 8 –
Claude Castonguay
, banker and politician (d.
2020
)
May 10
Antonine Maillet
, novelist, playwright and scholar
[
2
]
Peter C. Newman
, journalist (d. 2023)
May 12 –
Dollard St. Laurent
, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
May 13 –
Al Adair
, politician, radio broadcaster and author (d.
1996
)
May 14 –
Gump Worsley
, ice hockey player (d.
2007
)
May 16 –
Claude Morin
, politician
May 18 –
Walter Pitman
, educator and politician
May 28-
Shane Rimmer
, actor (d.
2019 in the United Kingdom
)
June 7
John Turner
, lawyer, politician and 17th
Prime Minister of Canada
Walter Weir
, politician and 15th
Premier of Manitoba
(d.
1985
)
June 8 –
Louise Maheux-Forcier
, author
June 9
Jean Rougeau
, professional wrestler and bodyguard of
Quebec
Premier
René Lévesque
(d.
1983
)
Harold R. Steele
, businessman (d.
2022
)
June 10 –
Pearl McGonigal
, politician
June 20 –
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
, businessman
June 27 –
H. Ian Macdonald
, economist
July to September
July 2 –
Anna-Marie Globenski
, pianist and teacher (d.
2008
)
July 3 –
Béatrice Picard
, actress
July 4 –
Walt Konarski
, Canadian football player
July 10 –
Moe Norman
, golfer (d.
2004
)
July 18 –
Roy Killin
, footballer
July 19 –
Ronald Melzack
, psychologist (d.
2019
)
July 26 –
Marc Lalonde
, politician and Minister (d.
2023
)
[
3
]
July 30 –
Bill Davis
, politician and 18th
Premier of Ontario
August 1 –
Sidney Green
, politician
August 3 –
Peter Salmon
, swimmer (d.
2003
)
August 9 –
George Scott Wallace
, British Columbia physician and politician (d.
2011
)
August 19 –
Leonard Evans
, politician
August 27 –
George Scott
, professional wrestler and promoter (d.
2014
)
September 14 –
Dimitri Dimakopoulos
, architect
September 19 –
Gertrude Story
, writer and broadcaster (d.
2014
)
[
4
]
[
5
]
September 24 -
Edward M. Lawson
, trade unionist, politician and Senator
October to December
October 7 –
Graeme Ferguson
, filmmaker and inventor who co-invented
IMAX
(d.
2021
)
November 1 –
Charles Juravinski
, businessman and philanthropist (d.
2022
)
[
6
]
November 2 –
Richard E. Taylor
, physicist, 1990
Nobel Prize in Physics
joint laureate (d.
2018
)
November 21 –
Laurier LaPierre
, broadcaster, journalist, author and senator (d.
2012
)
November 24 –
Harry Oliver Bradley
, politician
December 6 –
Harry Langford
, footballer (d.
2022
)
[
7
]
December 13 –
Christopher Plummer
, actor (d.
2021
)
[
8
]
December 15 –
Emery Barnes
, Canadian football player and politician (d.
1998
)
December 23 –
Patrick Watson
, broadcaster, author, commentator and television writer, producer and director (d.
2022
)
December 28 –
Terry Sawchuk
, ice hockey player (d.
1970
)
Full date unknown
Ken Adachi
, writer and literary critic (d.
1989
)
Deaths
January to March
January 6 –
George Henry Murray
, politician and Premier of
Nova Scotia
(b.
1861
)
January 14 –
Alexander Warburton
, politician, jurist, author and Premier of
Prince Edward Island
(b.
1852
)
January 18 –
Theodore Arthur Burrows
, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of
Manitoba
(b.
1857
)
Lomer Gouin
January 19 –
Edward Charles Bowers
, politician (b.
1845
)
January 29 –
John Howatt Bell
, lawyer, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island
(b.
1846
)
February –
Richard Gardiner Willis
, politician (b.
1865
)
February 17 –
James Colebrooke Patterson
, politician, Minister and Lieutenant-Governor of
Manitoba
(b.
1839
)
March 1 –
James Albert Manning Aikins
, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of
Manitoba
(b.
1851
)
March 28 –
Lomer Gouin
, politician and 13th
Premier of Quebec
(d.
1861
)
March 29 –
Hugh John Macdonald
, politician, Minister and 8th
Premier of Manitoba
(b.
1850
)
April to December
April 17 –
Clifford Sifton
, politician and Minister (b.
1861
)
May 6 –
William Dillon Otter
, soldier and first Canadian-born
Chief of the General Staff
(b.
1843
)
June 3 –
John Morison Gibson
, politician and Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario
(b.
1842
)
June 8 –
Bliss Carman
, poet (b.
1861
)
June 23 –
William Stevens Fielding
, journalist, politician and Premier of
Nova Scotia
(b.
1848
)
July 30 –
Antonin Nantel
, priest, teacher, school administrator, and author (b.
1839
)
October 10 –
Elijah McCoy
, inventor and engineer (b.
1843
)
See also
List of Canadian films
References
↑
"King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia"
.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
↑
"Antonine Maillet | The Canadian Encyclopedia"
.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
18 May
2020
.
↑
"Marc Lalonde | The Canadian Encyclopedia"
.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
8 May
2023
.
↑
Hammond, Margaret A.
"Story, Gertrude (1929–)"
.
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
. Retrieved
July 15,
2021
.
↑
"Gertrude Story"
.
The StarPhoenix
. January 18, 2014
. Retrieved
July 15,
2021
–
via Postmedia Obituaries.
↑
"Hamilton philanthropist Charles Juravinski dead at 92 – Hamilton | Globalnews.ca"
.
Global News
.
Archived
from the original on 2023-07-09.
↑
Stampeders mourn death of 'Ironman' Harry Langford
↑
Weber, Bruce (5 February 2021).
"Christopher Plummer, Actor From Shakespeare to 'The Sound of Music,' Dies at 91"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
6 February
2021
.
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