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1943 in Canada
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Events from the year
1943 in Canada
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Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
–
George VI
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
[
2
]
Prime Minister
–
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Chief Justice
–
Lyman Poore Duff
(
British Columbia
)
Parliament
–
19th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
John C. Bowen
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
William Culham Woodward
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
William George Clark
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Henry Ernest Kendall
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
Albert Edward Matthews
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Bradford William LePage
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Eugène Fiset
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Archibald Peter McNab
Premiers
Premier of Alberta
–
William Aberhart
(until May 23) then
Ernest Manning
(from May 31)
Premier of British Columbia
–
John Hart
Premier of Manitoba
–
John Bracken
(until January 14) then
Stuart Garson
Premier of New Brunswick
–
John McNair
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
A.S. MacMillan
Premier of Ontario
–
Gordon Daniel Conant
(until May 18) then
Harry Nixon
(May 18 to August 17) then
George A. Drew
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Thane Campbell
(until May 11) then
J. Walter Jones
Premier of Quebec
–
Adélard Godbout
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
William John Patterson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Controller of Yukon
–
George A. Jeckell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Charles Camsell
Events
January 8 –
Stuart Garson
becomes premier of
Manitoba
, replacing
John Bracken
, who had governed for 21 years.
May 11 –
J. Walter Jones
becomes premier of
Prince Edward Island
, replacing
Thane Campbell
.
May 18 –
Harry Nixon
becomes premier of
Ontario
, replacing
Gordon Conant
.
May 23 –
William Aberhart
, premier of
Alberta
, dies in office.
May 31 –
Ernest Manning
becomes premier of Alberta.
July – The
1st Canadian Infantry Division
is part of the invasion of
Sicily
.
August 4 –
Ontario election
:
George Drew
's PCs win a minority, defeating
Harry Nixon
's Liberals.
August 17 – George Drew becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Harry Nixon.
August 19 – The
Quebec Agreement
is signed in
Quebec City
, between Canada, the
United Kingdom
and the
United States
.
October 21 –
HMCS
Chedabucto
sinks near
Rimouski
after an accidental collision with another ship.
October 22 – The crew of
German submarine
U-537
set up
Weather Station Kurt
near Martin Bay in Labrador.
December 20 – December 27 –
Battle of Ortona
rages in Italy.
Sport
April 28 – The
Manitoba Junior Hockey League
's
Winnipeg Rangers
win their second
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Ontario Hockey Association
's
Oshawa Generals
4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at
Maple Leaf Gardens
in
Toronto
.
November 27 – The
Hamilton Flying Wildcats
win their only
Grey Cup
by defeating the
Winnipeg RCAF Bombers
23 to 14 in the
31st Grey Cup
played at
Varsity Stadium
in Toronto.
Births
January to March
January 9 –
Elmer MacFadyen
, politician (d.
2007
)
January 10 –
Carl Ray
, artist (d.
1978
)
January 23 –
Bill Cameron
, news anchor, television producer, columnist and author (d.
2005
)
January 28 –
Paul Henderson
, ice hockey player
February 19 –
Art Hanger
, politician
February 23 –
Charles Dalfen
, chairperson of the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(d.
2009
)
February 27 –
Gordon Earle
, politician
March 7 –
Billy MacMillan
, ice hockey coach and player (d.
2023
)
March 11 –
Bob Plager
, ice hockey player (d.
2021
)
March 15 –
David Cronenberg
, filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional actor
March 25 –
Loyola Hearn
, diplomat and politician
April to June
Nancy Greene
April 1 –
Shirley Render
, politician
April 2 –
Alan Tonks
, politician
April 3 –
Richard Manuel
, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist (d.
1986
)
April 12 –
Jenny Meldrum
, hurdler and heptathlete
April 17 –
Bobby Curtola
, singer (d.
2016
)
April 22 –
Edwin Tchorzewski
, politician (d.
2008
)
May 11 –
Nancy Greene Raine
, alpine skier, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion, Senator
June 5 –
Jean-Claude Lord
, film director and screenwriter (d.
2022
)
June 21 –
Diane Marleau
, politician and Minister (d.
2013
)
July to September
Joe Handley
July 15 –
John H. Bryden
, politician, journalist and historian
July 30 –
Jean Friesen
, politician
July 31 –
Ryan Larkin
, animator, artist and sculptor (d.
2007
)
August 9 –
Joe Handley
, politician and 10th
Premier of the Northwest Territories
August 12 –
Anne Cools
, Senator
August 29 –
Arthur B. McDonald
, astrophysicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics
winner
September 9 –
Daurene Lewis
, politician and nation's first black female mayor (d.
2013
)
September 12 –
Alain Dostie
, cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
September 12 –
Michael Ondaatje
, novelist and poet
September 19 –
Lyle Vanclief
, politician and Minister
September 22 –
Maurice Baril
, General and
Chief of the Defence Staff
September 27 –
Randy Bachman
, guitarist and songwriter
October to December
David Peterson in 2005
October 16 –
Paul Rose
, convicted of murder and kidnapping of
Pierre Laporte
in
1970
and leader of
PDS
(1996–2002) (d.
2013
)
October 24 –
Frank Pitura
, politician (d.
2019
)
October 26 –
Diane Gerace
, high jumper
November 7 –
Joni Mitchell
, musician, songwriter and painter
November 13 –
André-Gilles Fortin
, politician (d.
1977
)
November 18 –
Michael H. Rayner
, public servant (d.
2004
)
November 22 –
Yvan Cournoyer
, ice hockey player
November 27 –
Nicole Brossard
, poet and novelist
December 2 –
Larry Grossman
, politician (d.
1997
)
December 13 –
Ferguson Jenkins
, baseball player
December 14 –
Linda McIntosh
, politician
December 21 –
André Arthur
, radio host and politician (d.
2022
)
December 23 –
Margaret MacMillan
, historian
December 28 –
David Peterson
, politician and 20th
Premier of Ontario
December 29 –
Rick Danko
, musician and singer (d.
1999
)
December 30 –
Linda Thom
, shooter and Olympic gold medallist
Deaths
February 9 –
Albert Hickman
, politician and 17th Prime Minister of
Newfoundland
(b.
1875
)
May 23 –
William Aberhart
, politician and 8th
Premier of Alberta
(b.
1878
)
July 2 –
Robert James Manion
, politician (b.
1881
)
July 4 –
Gordon Sidney Harrington
, politician and Premier of
Nova Scotia
(b.
1883
)
July 12 –
Joseph Boutin Bourassa
, politician (b.
1853
)
October 18 –
Albert Charles Saunders
, jurist, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island
(b.
1874
)
November 26 –
Charles G.D. Roberts
, poet and prose writer (b.
1860
)
November 29 –
Robert Hamilton Butts
, politician (b.
1871
)
December 9 –
Peter Dmytruk
,
World War II
military hero (b.
1920
)
December 23 –
Edgar Sydney Little
, politician (b.
1885
)
See also
List of Canadian films
References
↑
"King George VI | 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
.
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