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Events from the year
1934 in Canada
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Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
–
George V
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
Prime Minister
–
Richard Bedford Bennett
Chief Justice
–
Lyman Poore Duff
(
British Columbia
)
Parliament
–
17th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
William Legh Walsh
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
John William Fordham Johnson
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
James Duncan McGregor
(until December 1) then
William Johnston Tupper
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Hugh Havelock McLean
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
–
Henry George Carroll
(until April 29) then
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Hugh Edwin Munroe
Premiers
Premier of Alberta
–
John Edward Brownlee
(until July 10) then
Richard Gavin Reid
Premier of British Columbia
–
Duff Pattullo
Premier of Manitoba
–
John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Leonard Tilley
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
Angus Lewis Macdonald
Premier of Ontario
–
George Stewart Henry
(until July 10) then
Mitchell Hepburn
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
William J. P. MacMillan
Premier of Quebec
–
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
James Thomas Milton Anderson
(until July 19) then
James Garfield Gardiner
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Controller of Yukon
–
George A. Jeckell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Hugh Rowatt
(until April 30) then Vacant (
Roy A. Gibson
acting)
Events
March 9 -
New Brunswick
women win the right to hold office
June 19 -
Ontario election
:
Mitchell Hepburn
's Liberals win a majority, defeating
George S. Henry
's Conservatives
June 19 -
Saskatchewan election
:
James Garfield Gardiner
's Liberals win a majority, defeating
James T.M. Anderson
's Conservative-led coalition government
July 3 - The
Bank of Canada
is formed
July 10 - Mitchell Hepburn becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Henry
July 10 -
Richard G. Reid
becomes premier of
Alberta
, replacing
John Brownlee
July 19 - James Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan for the second time, replacing James Anderson
August 14 -
John Sackville Labatt
kidnapped
October 26 -
Reconstruction Party of Canada
formed
Sport
February 14 – The
Ace Bailey Benefit Game
(forerunner of the annual
National Hockey League All-Star Game
) is played at
Maple Leaf Gardens
in Toronto.
April 5 – The
Ontario Hockey Association
's
Toronto St. Michael's Majors
win their first
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Edmonton Junior Hockey League
's
Edmonton Athletics
2 games to 0. All games were played at
Shea's Amphitheatre
in
Winnipeg
November 24 – The
Sarnia Imperials
win their first
Grey Cup
by defeating the
Regina Roughriders
20 to 12 in the
22nd Grey Cup
played at
Toronto
's
Varsity Stadium
Births
January to March
Jean Chrétien
January 3 -
Yves Gaucher
, artist (d.
2000
)
January 7 -
Jean Corbeil
, politician (d.
2002
)
January 11 -
Jean Chrétien
, 20th
Prime Minister of Canada
January 16 -
Judy Erola
, broadcaster and politician
January 19 -
Lloyd Robertson
, television news anchor and senior editor
January 23 -
Pierre Bourgault
, politician and essayist (d.
2003
)
February 5 -
Don Cherry
, ice hockey player, coach and commentator
February 8 -
Philip Seeman
, schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist (d.
2021
)
February 22 -
Victor M. Power
, politician (d.
2024
)
February 24 -
Murray Costello
, ice hockey player and executive (d.
2024
)
March 7 -
Douglas Cardinal
, architect
March 9 -
Marlene Streit
, golfer
March 16 -
Ray Hnatyshyn
, politician and 24th
Governor General of Canada
(d.
2002
)
March 22 -
George Stulac
, basketball player and decathlete
March 24 -
Alice Whitty
, high jumper (d.
2017
)
April to June
April 13 -
John Muckler
, ice hockey coach and executive (d.
2021
)
May 17 -
George Karpati
, neurologist and neuroscientist (d.
2009
)
May 28 -
Dionne quintuplets
, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy
June 7 -
David Strangway
, Canadian geophysicist and academic (d.
2016
)
June 16 -
Roger Neilson
, ice hockey coach (d.
2003
)
June 22
Willie Adams
, politician and senator
Nathan Nurgitz
, lawyer, judge, and senator (d.
2019
)
June 24 -
Jean-Pierre Ferland
, singer/songwriter (d.
2024
)
June 27 -
Norman Atkins
, businessman and senator (d.
2010
)
June 30 -
Aron Tager
, Canadian actor (d.
2019
)
July to September
July 8 -
Fred Stewart
, Alberta politician
[
2
]
July 12 -
Mira Spivak
, politician
July 13 -
Peter Gzowski
, broadcaster, writer and reporter (d.
2002
)
July 16 -
Albert Aguayo
, neurologist
July 19 -
Larry Zolf
, journalist (d.
2011
)
July 27 -
Jim Elder
, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist
Leonard Cohen in 2008
August 16 -
Douglas Kirkland
, Canadian-born American photographer (d.
2022 in the United States
)
[
3
]
August 22 -
Ralph Mellanby
, sportscaster and television producer (d.
2022
)
[
4
]
August 27 -
Reggie Parks
, wrestler and engraver (d.
2021
)
[
5
]
August 31 -
Herb Epp
, politician, MPP of the
Ontario Legislature
for
Waterloo North
(1977
–
1990) (d.
2013
)
September 2 -
Donald B. Redford
, archaeologist
September 11 -
Oliver Jones
, jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger
September 21 -
Leonard Cohen
, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d.
2016
)
September 25 -
Ronald Lou-Poy
, lawyer and community leader (d.
2022
)
October to December
October 1 -
Margaret McCain
, philanthropist and first female
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
October 4 -
Rudy Wiebe
, author and professor
October 5 -
Kenneth D. Taylor
, diplomat involved in the
Iran hostage crisis
(d.
2015
)
November 6 -
Barton Myers
, American/Canadian architect
November 11 -
Suzanne Lloyd
, film and television actress
November 21 -
Howard Pawley
, politician, professor and 18th
Premier of Manitoba
(d.
2015
)
November 26
Elie Martel
, politician (d.
2025
)
Conrad Santos
, politician (d.
2016
)
November 30 -
Marcel Prud'homme
, politician and senator (d.
2017
)
December 11 -
Mike Nykoluk
, ice hockey player and coach (d.
2022
)
December 25 -
Peter Trueman
, journalist and news presenter (d.
2021
)
Deaths
March 7 -
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
,
Governor General of Canada
(b.
1847
)
March 15 -
Davidson Black
, paleoanthropologist (b.
1884
)
April 17 -
Frank S. Cahill
, politician (b.
1876
)
July 28 -
Marie Dressler
, actress (b.
1868
)
September 1 –
William Anderson Black
, politician (b.
1847
)
October 4 -
Henry Sproatt
, architect (b.
1866
)
November 10 -
Sir Donald Mann
, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b.
1853
)
References
↑
"King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia"
.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
↑
Fonds paa-6552 - Fred Stewart fonds
↑
Douglas Kirkland, Hollywood Photographer, Dies at 88
↑
Ralph Mellanby, hockey broadcast icon, dead at 87
↑
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