1923 in Canada
Canada-related events during the year of 1923
Events from the year 1923 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
January 1 – The Department of National Defence comes into being
January 24 – Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia , replacing George Henry Murray , who had governed for 27 years
February 28 – Peter Veniot becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing Walter Foster
April 23 – Marijuana is prohibited soon after the House of Commons passes a bill on this date that includes making marijuana illegal
March 2 – The Halibut Treaty signed with the United States is Canada's first international treaty not signed under the auspices of the United Kingdom
June 25 – Ontario election : Howard Ferguson 's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Ernest Charles Drury 's United Farmers of Ontario
July 1 – The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 comes into effect, banning all Chinese from entering Canada except for businessmen, diplomats, foreign students, and "special circumstances"
July 16 – Howard Ferguson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Ernest Charles Drury
August 18 – The Home Bank of Canada fails
September 5 – James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing John Howatt Bell
October 8 – A stevedore 's strike begins in Vancouver
October 10 – Canadian National Railway is formed by merger of Canadian Government Railways , Canadian Northern Railway , Grand Trunk Pacific Railway , and Grand Trunk Railway
October 25 – Frederick Banting and Charles Best win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin
October 31 – Louis-Philippe Brodeur becomes Quebec 's 13th Lieutenant Governor
Full date unknown
The Duplex , a Canadian 4-cylinder automobile is built in Montreal.[2]
Fleetwood-Knight , a Canadian automobile is built in Kingston, Ontario.[3]
Arts and literature
Music
New books
Sport
Births
January to March
January 1 – Roméo Sabourin , World War II spy (d. 1944 )
January 7 – Hugh Kenner , literary scholar, critic and professor (d. 2003 )
January 21 – Judith Merril , science fiction writer, editor and political activist (d. 1997 )
January 27 – Marcelle Corneille , administrator and educator (d. 2019 )
February 4 – Conrad Bain , actor (Maude , Diff'rent Strokes ) (d. 2013 )
March 1 – Uno Helava , inventor
March 2 – Ghitta Caiserman-Roth , painter (d. 2005 )
March 4 – Stanley Haidasz , politician (d. 2009 )
March 10 – Richard Doyle , journalist, editor and Senator (d. 2003 )
March 15 – Laurent Desjardins , politician (d. 2012 )
March 19 – Henry Morgentaler , physician and pro choice advocate (d. 2013 )
March 23 - James Barber , cookbook author and television chef (d. 2007 )
March 30 – Milton Acorn , poet, writer and playwright (d. 1986 )
April to June
April 7 – Aba Bayefsky , artist and teacher (d. 2001 )
April 25 – Melissa Hayden , ballerina (d. 2006 )
May 5 – John Black Aird , lawyer, politician and 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 1995 )
May 9 – Reuben Baetz , politician (d. 1996 )
May 18 – Jean-Louis Roux , entertainer and playwright
May 20 – Frank Morris , Canadian football player (d. 2009 )
June 3 – Phil Nimmons , jazz musician (d. 2024 )
June 5 – Roger Lebel , actor (d. 1994 )
June 6 – Bruce Campbell , Edmonton alderman (d. 2011 )
July to September
July 21 – Rudolph A. Marcus , chemist and 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
July 25 – Bill Fitsell , sports journalist and historian (d. 2020 )
July 31 – Victor Goldbloom , pediatrician, lecturer and politician (d. 2016 )
August 3 – Robert Campeau , financier and real estate developer
August 6 – Paul Hellyer , politician and commentator
September 1 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet , businessman and art collector (d. 2006 )
September 2 – David Lam , businessman and 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2010 )
September 7 – Byron Seaman , businessman and part owner of the Calgary Flames (d. 2021 )
September 18 – Bertha Wilson , jurist and first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007 )
September 21 – Robert Uffen , research geophysicist , professor , and university administrator (d. 2009 )
October to December
October 7 – Jean-Paul Riopelle , painter and sculptor (d. 2002 )
October 10 - Kildare Dobbs , short story and travel writer (d. 2013 )
October 22 – Rodrigue Bourdages , politician (d. 1997 )
October 22 – Norman Levine , short-story writer, novelist and poet (d. 2005 )
October 23 – Réjane L. Colas , jurist
November 1 – Gordon R. Dickson , science fiction author (d. 2001 )
November 2 – Harold Horwood , novelist and non-fiction writer (d. 2006 )
November 11 – Donald Tolmie , politician (d. 2009 )
November 22 – Arthur Hiller , film director
December 27 – Bruno Bobak , artist (d. 2012 )
Deaths
January to June
July to December
See also
Historical documents
"Surely our nation is not to be wiped out" - Cree storyteller Chief Thunderchild (Piyesiw-Awasis) seeks way on "a long and difficult journey"[4]
Senate resolves to join House in accepting France's gift of 250 acres on Vimy Ridge for monument to "exploits of Canadian soldiers in the Great War"[5]
Former cabinet minister on Canada's interest in and best approach to problems in Europe [6]
PM King defends Chinese Immigration Act provisions to abolish head tax and admit merchants and students (Note: anti-Asian comments)[7]
Fuel advisor says reduce homeowners' need for U.S. coal by promoting other fuels (peat , coke , lignite ) and furnace efficiency[8]
Film: several examples of electricity on Ontario farms for household use and farming[9]
Saskatchewan premier wants solution to grain marketing issue that's free of politics and divisiveness[10]
Saskatchewan employers seek cuts in pink collar workers ' wages[11]
Minister of Health 's Narcotic Drugs Act amendment makes "a new drug" (cannabis ) illegal[12]
Local Simcoe, Ont. manufacturer donates land for future county hospital [13]
Map: Vancouver and suburbs electric railway network[14]
"The people of (B.C. ) have not, as a whole, concerned themselves much with its past " - British Columbia Historical Association to change that[15]
Profile of Beautiful Joe author Margaret Marshall Saunders ' menagerie[16]
Photo: Two people in automobile head earthward after leaving ramp as few dozen people watch[17]
References
^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Georgano, Nick (2000). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . London: Stationery Office. p. 1792. ISBN 0117023191 .
^ Durnford, Hugh (1973). Cars of Canada . Canada: McClelland and Stewart. p. 384. ISBN 0771029578 .
^ "Thunderchild's Conclusion" Voices of the Plains Cree (1973, 1995), pg. 50. Accessed 23 June 2021
^ "February 28[, 1923]," Senate Journals, 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 60, pg. 57 Accessed 30 April 2023
^ George E. Foster, "The European Situation" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 45-66. Accessed 28 April 2020
^ House of Commons Debates, 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3 (April 30, 1923 ), pgs. 2312-16. Accessed 28 April 2020
^ "Minutes of Evidence" (April 11, 1923), House of Commons Select Standing Committee on Mines and Minerals; Canadian Fuel Supply; Proceedings and Evidence, pgs. 23-4. Accessed 19 October 2020
^ "Hydro-Electric Power on the Farm" (1923), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 7 July 2024
^ "Report of Mass Meeting Addressed by Mr. Aaron Sapiro in[...]Saskatoon[,] August 7th, 1923" (truncated to a portion of Premier Dunning's remarks). Accessed 28 April 2020 http://library.usask.ca/90th/1920/1924.html (click on image to read it)
^ "Employers Ask Cut In Wage Of Women Workers; Representation Are Made To Minimum Wage Board" Regina Morning Leader (January 12, 1923), pg. 9. Accessed 28 April 2020
^ "Narcotic Drugs Act Amendment Bill" House of Commons Debates, 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3 (April 23, 1923), pg. 2124. Accessed 28 April 2020
^ Letter of William L. Innes (Christmas Eve, 1923), published in Simcoe Reformer (January 17, 1924), pg. 1. Accessed 28 April 2020 http://www.nornet.on.ca/~jcardiff/history/index.html (scroll down to Innes' Christmas gift)
^ British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited, "Vancouver City and Suburban Lines" map (1923), City of Vancouver Archives. Accessed 20 September 2022
^ (W.N. Sage,) "Introduction," First Annual Report and Proceedings; For the Year ended October 11th 1923, pg. 13 University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 7 August 2022
^ (Toronto Globe), "Dumb Folks' Friend Is Gifted Creator of 'Beautiful Joe'" The (Berwick, N.S.) Register (September 5, 1923). Accessed 28 April 2020
^ "World's Record Jump 73ft.2"[...]Edmonton, Alta, May 24th, 1923," "World's record jump" Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 28 May 2023
1923 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories