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1938 in Canada
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Events from the year
1938 in Canada
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Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
–
George VI
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
John Buchan
[
2
]
Prime Minister
–
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Chief Justice
–
Lyman Poore Duff
(
British Columbia
)
Parliament
–
18th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
John C. Bowen
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
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Eric Hamber
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
William Johnston Tupper
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Murray MacLaren
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Robert Irwin
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
Albert Edward Matthews
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
George Des Brisay de Blois
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Archibald Peter McNab
Premiers
Premier of Alberta
–
William Aberhart
Premier of British Columbia
–
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
Premier of Manitoba
–
John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Allison Dysart
Premier of Nova Scotia
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Angus Lewis Macdonald
Premier of Ontario
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Mitchell Hepburn
Premier of Prince Edward Island
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Thane Campbell
Premier of Quebec
–
Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
William John Patterson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Controller of Yukon
–
George A. Jeckell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Charles Camsell
Events
June 8 -
Saskatchewan general election
:
William John Patterson
's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
Full date unknown
Superman
first appears in
Action
#1
(cover date June 1938), as a backup feature. The character is created by
Joe Shuster
(an artist for the
Toronto Star
) and American writer
Jerry Siegel
for
National Comics
.
Vaccination for
tuberculosis
(the leading cause of death in young people) is introduced.
Sport
April 12 - The
Chicago Black Hawks
win their second
Stanley Cup
by defeating the
Toronto Maple Leafs
3 games to 1.
April 18 - The
Manitoba Junior Hockey League
's
St. Boniface Seals
win their only
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Ontario Hockey Association
's
Oshawa Generals
3 games to 2. The deciding Game 5 was played
Maple Leaf Gardens
in
Toronto
December 10 - In a repeat of the
25th Grey Cup
, the
Toronto Argonauts
win their fifth
Grey Cup
by defeating the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
30 to 7 in the
26th Grey Cup
played at
Varsity Stadium
in
Toronto
Births
January to June
John Hamm
January 9 -
Claudette Boyer
, politician, member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
for
Ottawa—Vanier
(1999–2003) (d.
2013
)
January 10 -
Frank Mahovlich
, ice hockey player and Senator
January 13 -
William B. Davis
, actor
January 16 -
Lou Angotti
, ice hockey player and coach (d.
2021
)
February 9 -
Jovette Marchessault
, writer and artist (d.
2012
)
February 17 -
Martha Henry
, actress
February 22 -
Pierre Vallières
, journalist and writer (d.
1998
)
April 5 -
David Helwig
, poet, novelist, and essayist (d.
2018
)
April 8 -
John Hamm
, physician, politician and 32nd
Premier of Nova Scotia
April 12 -
Roger Caron
, author
May 13 -
Lucille Starr
, singer, songwriter and yodeler
May 16 -
Jim Coutts
, political advisor (d.
2013
)
May 24 -
Tommy Chong
, comedian, actor and musician
May 26 -
Teresa Stratas
, operatic soprano
[
3
]
May 30 -
Eugene Belliveau
, Canadian football defensive lineman
June 4 -
John Harvard
, journalist, politician and 23rd
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
June 13 -
John Newlove
, poet (d.
2013
)
June 19
Jean-Claude Labrecque
, director and cinematographer
Beth Phinney
, educator and politician
June 26 -
Ken Monteith
, politician
July to September
Paul Martin
July 12 -
Matt Ravlich
, ice hockey defenceman
July 14 -
Moshe Safdie
, architect and urban designer
July 18 -
Helen Gardiner
, philanthropist and co-founder of the
Gardiner Museum
(d.
2008
)
July 29
Peter Jennings
, journalist and television news anchor (d.
2005
)
Jean Rochon
, politician (d.
2021
)
August 1 -
Noble Villeneuve
, politician (d.
2018
)
August 8 -
Jacques Hétu
, composer (d.
2010
)
August 9 -
Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux
, musician and composer (d.
1985
)
August 25 -
Colin Thatcher
, politician and murderer
August 28 -
Paul Martin
, politician and 21st
Prime Minister of Canada
October to December
October 8 -
Walter Gretzky
, ice hockey player and coach (d.
2021
)
October 14 -
Ron Lancaster
, Canadian football player and coach (d.
2008
)
October 27 -
Tim Ralfe
, journalist (d.
2000
)
October 28 -
Gary Cowan
, golfer
November 3 -
Yvon Cormier
, wrestler (d.
2009
)
November 4 -
LeRoy Fjordbotten
, politician (d.
2017
)
November 13 -
Gérald Godin
, poet and politician (d.
1994
)
November 15 -
Denis DeJordy
, ice hockey player and coach
November 17 -
Gordon Lightfoot
, singer and songwriter (d.
2023
)
November 18 –
Annon Lee Silver
, lyric soprano (d.
1971
)
November 26 -
Rich Little
, impressionist and voice actor
December 16 -
John Allan Cameron
, folk singer (d.
2006
)
December 22 -
Lucien Bouchard
, lawyer, diplomat, politician and Minister
Undated
Roland Doré
, educator, President of the Canadian Space Agency
Deaths
January 4 -
George Halsey Perley
, politician and diplomat (b.
1857
)
January 8 -
Aimé Bénard
, politician (b.
1873
)
January 28 -
Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan
, newspaper publisher (b.
1848
)
February 20 -
William Alves Boys
, politician and barrister (b.
1868
)
March 23 -
Thomas Walter Scott
, politician and first Premier of
Saskatchewan
(b.
1867
)
April 13 -
Grey Owl
, writer and conservationist (b.
1888
)
April 24 -
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
, artist (b.
1850
)
May 6 -
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
, politician and 11th Governor General of Canada (b.
1868
)
May 7 -
Frederick Cronyn Betts
, politician (b.
1896
)
July 25 -
Francis Haszard
, jurist, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island
(b.
1849
)
December 26 -
Pierre-Ernest Boivin
, politician and businessman (b.
1872
)
See also
List of Canadian films
References
↑
"King George VI | The Canadian Encyclopedia"
.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
↑
"John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland"
.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk
. Retrieved
29 January
2021
.
↑
Randel, Don Michael (30 October 2002).
The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
. Harvard University Press. p.
866.
ISBN
978-0-674-25572-2
.
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