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Events from the year1937 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- Governor General–John Buchan[2]
- Prime Minister–William Lyon Mackenzie King[citation needed]
- Chief Justice–Lyman Poore Duff(British Columbia)[citation needed]
- Parliament–18th[citation needed]
Provincial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta–Philip Primrose(until March 17)[citation needed]thenJohn C. Bowen(from March 23)[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia–Eric Hamber[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba–William Johnston Tupper[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick–Murray MacLaren[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia–Walter Harold Covert(until April 7)[citation needed]thenRobert Irwin[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario–Herbert Alexander Bruce(until November 23)[citation needed]thenAlbert Edward Matthews[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island–George Des Brisay de Blois[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec–Esioff-Léon Patenaude[citation needed]
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan–Archibald Peter McNab[citation needed]
Premiers
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- 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–Angus Lewis Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario–Mitchell Hepburn
- Premier of Prince Edward Island–Thane Campbell
- Premier of Quebec–Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan–William John Patterson
Territorial governments
[edit]Commissioners
[edit]- Controller of Yukon–George A. Jeckell[citation needed]
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories–Charles Camsell[citation needed]
Events
[edit]- April 10 –Trans-Canada Airlines,the predecessor ofAir Canada,was created as a subsidiary ofCanadian National Railway[3]
- July 5 –MidaleandYellow Grass, Saskatchewan,record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C (113 °F).[4]
- August 15 – TheRowell-Sirois Commissionis formed[5]
- September 1 – Regular flights ofTrans-Canada Air Linesbegin[3]
- October 6 –Ontarioelection:Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a second consecutive majority[6]
- November 24 – The firstGovernor General's Awardsare given.[citation needed]
- First ascent ofMount Lucania(5,226 m), third highest mountain in Canada.[7]
Sport
[edit]- April 17 – TheManitoba Junior Hockey League'sWinnipeg Monarchswin their secondMemorial Cupby defeating theNorthern Ontario Hockey Association'sCopper Cliff Redmen3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played atMaple Leaf GardensinToronto[citation needed]
- December 11 –Toronto Argonautswin their fourthGrey Cupby defeating theWinnipeg Blue Bombers4 to 3 in the25th Grey Cupplayed atVarsity Stadiumin Toronto[citation needed]
Births
[edit]January to June
[edit]- January 5 –Richard Cashin,lawyer, politician and trade union leader[8]
- January 21 –Jim Unger,cartoonist (d.2012)[9]
- January 24 –Suzanne Tremblay,politician[10]
- January 26 –Maureen Hemphill,politician[11]
- January 29 –Frank Iacobucci,jurist andPuisne Justiceon theSupreme Court of Canada[12]
- January 31 –Andrée Boucher,politician and 39th Mayor ofQuebec City(d.2007)[13]
- February 5 –Larry Hillman,ice hockey player and coach (d.2022)[14]
- February 10 –Roy Megarry,publisher[15]
- February 26 –Hagood Hardy,composer, pianist and vibraphonist (d.1997)[16]
- March 2 –Joseph B. MacInnis,diver[17]
- March 9
- Bernard Landry,lawyer, teacher, politician and 28thPremier of Quebec[18]
- Harry Neale,ice hockey coach and broadcaster
- March 10 –Tommy Hunter,country music singer[19]
- March 16 –Brian Browne,jazz pianist and composer (d.2018)
- March 26 –James Lee,politician and 28thPremier of Prince Edward Island[20]
- March 30 –Maria Rika Maniates,musicologist (d.2011)[citation needed]
- April 13 –Stan Stasiak,pro wrestler[citation needed]
- April 29 –Jean Gauthier,ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens,Philadelphia Flyers,Boston Bruins) (d.2013)[21]
- May 9 –Jim Walding,politician (d.2007)[22]
- May 13 –Roch Carrier,novelist[23]
- June 15 –Toby Tarnow,actress[24]
July to December
[edit]- July 12 –Michel Louvain,singer (d. 2021)[citation needed]
- July 30 –John de Chastelain,general, diplomat and Chairman of theIndependent International Commission on Decommissioning(inNorthern Ireland)[25]
- August 2 –Garth Hudson,musician[26]
- August 16 –David Anderson,politician and Minister[27]
- August 16 –Ian Deans,politician (d.2016)[28]
- August 25 –John G. Bryden,lawyer, public servant, businessman and Senator[29]
- September 2 –Len Carlson,voice actor (d.2006)
- September 3 –Gerry Brisson,ice hockey player (d.2013)[30]
- September 5 –John Dahmer,politician (d.1988)[31]
- September 8 –Barbara Frum,radio and television journalist (d.1992)[32]
- September 9 –Jean Augustine,politician[33]
- September 12 –George Chuvalo,boxer[34]
- September 19 –Neil Gaudry,politician (d.1999)[35]
- September 23 –Jacques Poulin,novelist[36]
- September 27 –Guido Basso,jazz musician (d.2023)[37]
- October 19 –Marilyn Bell,long-distance swimmer, first person to swim acrossLake Ontario[38]
- October 19 –Stanley Faulder,murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in theUnited Statessince 1952 (d.1999)[39]
- November 4 –Michael Wilson,politician and diplomat (d.2019)[citation needed]
- November 6 –Gerry St. Germain,politician[40]
- November 11 –Stephen Lewis,politician, broadcaster and diplomat[41]
- November 12
- Barbara McDougall,politician and Minister[42]
- Glen Shortliffe,Clerk of the Privy Council (d.2010)[43]
- December 4 –Donnelly Rhodes,actor (d.2018)[citation needed]
- December 19 –Wayne Maunder,Canadian-born American actor (d.2018)[citation needed]
Date unknown
[edit]- Élise Paré-Tousignant,music administrator and pedagogue (d.2018)[44]
Deaths
[edit]January to June
[edit]
- January 21 –Marie Prevost,actress (b.1896)[45]
- January 29 –Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté,painter and sculptor (b.1869)[46]
- February 16 –Rodmond Roblin,businessman, politician and 9thPremier of Manitoba(b.1853)[47]
- March 8 –Howie Morenz,ice hockey player (b.1902)[48]
- June 10 –Robert Borden,lawyer, politician and 8thPrime Minister of Canada(b.1854)[49]
July to December
[edit]- July 25 –Charles E. Saunders,agronomist (b.1867)[50]
- October 13 –Simon Fraser Tolmie,politician and 21stPremier of British Columbia(b.1867)[51]
- November 21 –Matthew Robert Blake,politician (b.1876)[52]
- December 27 –John Douglas Hazen,politician and 12thPremier of New Brunswick(b.1860)[53]
See also
[edit]Historical documents
[edit]With graphic descriptions of slaughter,United Church moderatorexpresses outrage at atrocities inSpainandChina[54]
Peace leaguecalls national congress because "Human life, Liberty, Social Culture and the Arts hang in terrible jeopardy"[55]
Ontario Lieutenant-Governorendorses Youth Crusade for Peace: "Youth of the world should have a decisive voice"[56]
J.W. Dafoe,J.S. Woodsworth,Sidney E. Smithand others lead weekly 1937 radio broadcast discussions on various Canadiandefence policies[57]
On committee studyingdeath penalty,MPAgnes Macphailarguescriminally insanemurderers should suffer death like other killers[58]
Commons debatesTrans-Canada Air Lines(when planes went through mountain passes on 16-hour Winnipeg-Vancouver flights)[59]
Call formore British immigrantsto allow West "to develop a race of people that is strong, sturdy and self-reliant"[60]
"Thedangeris that the Chinese or Japanese byinter-marriagewould absorb our own race "-race fearindenying vote to "oriental"[61]
Alberta Social Creditgovernment's"accurate news" billamended in face of "almost[...]Fascism" and "dictatorship" criticism[62]
Britain's debt to Newfoundland, in itshistoryof exploiting and leaving it underdeveloped, balancesassuming its liabilitiescurrently[63]
Calling him "sly" and "delightful," newspaper profilesjudgerepresenting Canada onTrail, B.C. fumes tribunal[64]
Canadianstudying at Harvard writes about friends fighting in Spain and his fervour for communism[65]
Report of cooperative Canadian and U.S. work done onsiteof Champlain's Habitation of Port Royal in Nova Scotia[66]
Advertisement for Westinghouse World CruiserRadio- "Tonal Fidelity Reflects the Living Image of Each Broadcast Note"[67]
TwoCanadian Pacific Railwaydining carmenus[68]
Cover art: Menu fromEmpress of Britainworld cruise[69]
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