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Events from the year1932 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Governor General–Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
- Prime Minister–Richard Bedford Bennett
- Chief Justice–Francis Alexander Anglin(Ontario)
- Parliament–17th
Provincial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta–William Legh Walsh
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia–John William Fordham Johnson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba–James Duncan McGregor
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick–Hugh Havelock McLean
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia–Walter Harold Covert
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario–William Mulock(until November 1) thenHerbert Alexander Bruce
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island–Charles Dalton
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec–Henry George Carroll
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan–Hugh Edwin Munroe
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of Alberta–John Edward Brownlee
- Premier of British Columbia–Simon Fraser Tolmie
- Premier of Manitoba–John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick–Charles Dow Richards
- Premier of Nova Scotia–Gordon Sidney Harrington
- Premier of Ontario–George Stewart Henry
- Premier of Prince Edward Island–James D. Stewart
- Premier of Quebec–Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan–James Thomas Milton Anderson
Territorial governments
[edit]Commissioners
[edit]- Gold Commissioner then Controller of Yukon–George Ian MacLean(until June 30) thenGeorge A. Jeckell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories–Hugh Rowatt
Events
[edit]- February 17 – The "Mad Trapper"is killed by theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police(RCMP) in theYukon
- July 20 – TheOttawa Imperial Conferenceis held, it creates a zone of preferential trade within theCommonwealth
- August 1 – TheCo-operative Commonwealth Federation(CCF) is formed inCalgary[2]
- August 3 –Henri BourassaleavesLe Devoir
- October 29 – TheDominion Drama Festivalis founded
Full date unknown
[edit]- A seven-month miners strike occurs in Alberta's coal mines inCrowsnest Pass[3]
- The firstfamily planningclinic in Canada is set up byElizabeth Bagshawin Hamilton, Ontario. At the time, providing birth control was illegal.[4]
Arts and literature
[edit]New Books
[edit]- A Broken Journey–Morley Callaghan
Sport
[edit]- April 4 – TheNorthern Ontario Hockey Association'sSudbury Cub Wolveswin their firstMemorial Cupby defeating theManitoba Junior Hockey League'sWinnipeg Monarchs2 games to 0. All games played atShea's AmphitheatreinWinnipeg
- April 9 – TheToronto Maple Leafswin their thirdStanley Cupby defeating theNew York Rangers3 game to 0. The deciding game was played at the newly openedMaple Leaf Gardens
- February 13 –Canada(represented by theWinnipeg Hockey Club) wins their fourth (consecutive)hockeygold medal at the1932 Winter Olympics
- December 3 – TheHamilton Tigerswin their fifth and finalGrey Cupby defeating theRegina Roughriders25 to 6 in the20th Grey Cupplayed at Hamilton'sCivic Stadium
Births
[edit]January to March
[edit]- January 2 –Jean Little,author
- January 11 –Clotilda Douglas-Yakimchuk,nurse (d.2021)
- February 4 –Bob Dawson,football player (d.2017)
- February 24 –John Vernon,actor (d.2005)
- February 28 –Don Francks,actor (d.2016)
- March 1 –Donald Stovel Macdonald,politician and Minister
- March 2 –Jack Austin,politician and Senator
- March 14 –Norval Morrisseau,artist (d.2007)
April to June
[edit]- April 3 –Jean-Claude Corbeil,linguist and lexicographer (d.2022)
- April 6 –Eugène Bellemare,politician
- April 12 –Dick Fowler,mayor, MLA (d.2012)
- April 14 –Bill Bennett,politician and 27thPremier of British Columbia(d.2015)
- April 22 –Ron Basford,politician and Minister (d.2005)
- April 26 –Michael Smith,biochemist, 1993Nobel Prize in Chemistrylaureate (d.2000)
- May 7 –Jordi Bonet,artist (d.1979)
- May 28 –John Savage,politician and 23rdPremier of Nova Scotia(d.2003)
- June 5 –Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault,general andChief of the Defence Staff(d.1998)
- June 10 –Hal Jackman,businessman and 25thLieutenant Governor of Ontario
- June 24
- Mel Hurtig,publisher, author and political activist
- David McTaggart,environmentalist (d.2001)
July to September
[edit]- July 11 –Jean-Guy Talbot,ice hockey defenceman and coach (d.2024)
- July 13 –Hubert Reeves,astrophysicist (d.2023 in France)
- July 16 –Hédi Bouraoui,poet, novelist and academic
- July 22 –Doug Kyle,long-distance runner
- July 27 –George Ryga,playwright and novelist (d.1987)
- August 2 –Leo Boivin,ice hockey player (d.2021)
- August 11 –Izzy Asper,tax lawyer and media magnate (d.2003)
- August 28 –Andy Bathgate,ice hockey player
- August 31 –Allan Fotheringham,newspaper and magazine journalist
- September 14 –Harry Sinden,ice hockey player, general manager and coach
- September 25 –Glenn Gould,pianist (d.1982)
- September 27 –Gabriel Loubier,politician
October to December
[edit]- October 16 –Lucien Paiement,politician, Mayor of Laval (d.2013)
- October 18 –Iona Campagnolo,politician, first femaleLieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- October 24 –Robert Mundell,professor of economics (d.2021)
- November 10 –Martin Hattersley,lawyer and politician
- November 13 –Marilyn Brooks,fashion designer
- November 29 –Ed Bickert,jazz guitarist
- December 6 –Hank Bassen,ice hockey player (d.2009)
Deaths
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- March 6 –Joseph-Hormisdas Legris,politician and Senator (b.1850)
- July 22 –Reginald Fessenden,inventor and radio pioneer (b.1866)
- August 1 –Wellington Willoughby,politician and lawyer (b.1859)
- August 7 –Napoléon Belcourt,politician (b.1860)
- August 21 –Leonard Burnett,politician, farmer and teacher (b.1845)
- November 11 –Georgina Fraser Newhall,author and the bardess of the Clan Fraser Society of Canada (b.1860)
- November 26 –J. E. H. MacDonald,artist of theGroup of Seven(b.1873)
Historical documents
[edit]Federal budget broadly raises tax rates and restricts exemptions[5]
Liberals claim "blank chequelegislation "to aidunemployedallows government to bypass Parliament[6]
Co-operative Commonwealth Federationfounded "to regulate production, distribution and exchange for supplying human needs"[7]
At average 35 cents per bushel, prices forwheat farmersabout one-third what they were in 1929[8]
United Farmers of Alberta convention's calls to nationalize credit and monetary system, and make wheat certificates legal tender[9]
Mass meeting denounces maladministration by Newfoundland government ofRichard Squires[10]
German politics"afightbetween philosophies of life[...]as violent and as irreconcilable as you will never be able to believe "[11]
Place held byJews of western Canadain professions, business and agriculture[12]
House of Commons debatesdeportationprocedures and rights of residents[13]
Women's Institutesare forradio for Canadiansand against "weariness of advertisement before and after every item of music or speech"[14]
Edward Johnsonon importance ofmusic to mind and spirit [15]
CBC interview with member of aircrew who joined "Mad Trapper" manhunt forAlbert Johnsonin Northwest Territories[16]
Thunder Bay(Ont.) area farmers set local record for construction[17]
Letter-to-editor profiles Watson Duchemin, inventor of brassroller bearingblock[18]
References
[edit]- ^"King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.Retrieved4 December2022.
- ^Canadian Press, "J.S. Woodsworth Heads New Political Group; Would Alter System," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 11 (August 2, 1932), pg. 2. Accessed 1 June 2020https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SCE0ypLQHGcC&dat=19320802&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^Start: January 1932,The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.http://criaw-icref.ca/milleniumArchived2014-01-02 at theWayback Machine
- ^Canadian Press,"Sales Tax Six Per Cent"The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LIX, No. 212 (April 6, 1932), pg. 1. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^Canadian Press,"Relief Measure Amendment Lost(...); Liberals Lay Down Concentrated Attack on Unemployment Proposals as Closure Is Applied; Tempers Frayed"The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LIX, No. 206 (March 30, 1932), pgs. 1-2. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^Canadian Press, "J.S. Woodsworth Heads New Political Group; Would Alter System," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 11 (August 2, 1932),pg. 2Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^"Reduced Income of Farmer Due to Financial Depression and Crop Failure,"Report on Rural Relief Due to Drought Conditions and Crop Failures in Western Canada; 1930-1937pgs. 25-6. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^Canadian Press,"U.F.A. Urges National Credit Plan; Financial System Is Denounced"The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LIX, No. 148 (January 21, 1932), pgs. 1-2. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^"The People Demand Justice and Truth; Monster Gathering in Majestic Theatre Protests[...] - Citizens Decide to Go En Masse to House of Assembly," The (St. John's) Evening Telegram (April 5, 1932). Accessed 1 June 2020http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/meetings_apr04.html(scroll down to "Telegram" )
- ^Count Von Luckner and Victor Lange,"The New Germany"(November 29, 1932), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 316-31. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^H.E. Wilder (ed.),The 100th Anniversary Souvenir of Jewish Emancipation in Canada and the 50th Anniversary of the Jew in the West (1932),pgs. 38and54-8Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^"Deportation Cases"(May 6, 1932), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 3rd Session: Vol. 3, pgs. 2658-9. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^"Appendix No. 38; The Canadian Radio League; Evidences of Public Support," [House] Special Committee on Radio Broadcasting,pgs. 292-3Accessed 22 October 2020
- ^Edward Johnson,"Music In A Disordered World"(December 29, 1932), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 350-5. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^"1932: 'Mad Trapper' killed by RCMP after lengthy manhunt"(July 26, 1979), CBC Digital Archives. Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^Arnott A. Toole,"1932 Farm Building Activities Set New Record for District"The Fort William Daily Times-Journal (December 10, 1932). Accessed 1 June 2020
- ^"Watson Duchemin, Inventor"Charlottetown Guardian (March 2, 1932). Accessed 1 June 2020
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