1935 in Canada
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Events from the year 1935 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January to June
- January 2 - Prime Minister R.B. Bennett outlines his New Deal programme
- March 11 - Bank of Canada established
- May 7 - David Dunlap Observatory opens
- June 5 - The On to Ottawa Trek begins
[edit] July to December
- July 16 - Allison Dysart becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Leonard Tilley
- August 15 - Walter Lea becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing W.J.P. MacMillan
- August 22 - Alberta general election, 1935: William Aberhart's Alberta Social Credit Party wins a majority, defeating Richard G. Reid's United Farmers of Alberta
- September 3 - William Aberhart becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Richard Reid
- September - Earl and Weldon Bascom of Raymond Alberta produce history's first night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights in Columbia, Mississippi
- October 14 - Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a majority, defeating R.B. Bennett's Conservatives
- October 3 - After the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, Canada refuses to support military intervention or even sanctions
- October 23 - Mackenzie King becomes prime minister for the third time, replacing R.B. Bennett
- November 1 - William Patterson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
- November 1 - The magnitude 6.2 Timiskaming earthquake occurs in western Quebec
[edit] Full date unknown
- The Bank of Canada issued a $500 banknote with Sir John A. Macdonald's portrait and a $1,000 note with Sir Wilfrid Laurier's portrait
- Young men riot in Regina, Saskatchewan due to poor economic conditions.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Sport
- December 7 - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers become the first western Canadian team to win the Grey Cup.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 7 - Rey Pagtakhan, physician, professor, politician and Minister
- January 10 - Ronnie Hawkins, pioneering rock and roll musician
- January 14 - Lucille Wheeler, alpine skier, Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion
- February 21 - Jean Pelletier, politician and Mayor of Quebec City (d.2009)
- February 28 - Alex Janvier, artist
- March 2 - Al Waxman, actor and director (d.2001)
- March 15 - Mary Pratt, painter
- March 24 - Mary Seeman, psychiatrist
- April 22 - Rita Johnston, politician, Canada's first female premier and 29th Premier of British Columbia
- May 25 - W. P. Kinsella, novelist and short story writer
- May 26 - Pat Carney, politician, Minister and Senator
- June 2 - Carol Shields, author (d.2003)
[edit] July to December
- July 17 - Donald Sutherland, actor
- July 24 - Bob McAdorey, television and radio broadcaster (d.2005)
- July 25 - Gilbert Parent, politician and 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d.2009)
- July 27 - Don Mazankowski, politician and Minister
- July 29 - Pat Lowther, poet (d.1975)
- October 3 - Floyd Laughren, politician
- October 15 - Willie O'Ree, ice hockey player, first Black Canadian player in the National Hockey League
- October 20 - Russell Doern, politician (d.1987)
- November 17 - Audrey Thomas, novelist and short story writer
- December 13 - Raymond Speaker, politician
- December 21 - Edward Schreyer, politician and 22nd Governor General of Canada
[edit] Full date unknown
- James Bourque, First Nations activist (d.1996)
- Lionel Giroux, midget wrestler (d.1995)
- J. Robert Janes, author
- Christina McCall, political writer (d.2005)
[edit] Deaths
- March 15 - James Duncan McGregor, agricultural pioneer, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1860)
- March 16 - John James Richard Macleod, physician, physiologist and Nobel laureate (b.1876)
- April 19 - Willis Keith Baldwin, politician (b.1857)
- July 18 - George Clift King, politician and 2nd Mayor of Calgary (b.1848)
- September 30 - J. J. Kelso, journalist and social activist (b.1864)
- October 24 - Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1859)

