1923 in Canada

Events from the year 1923 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown Monarch – George V

Federal government Governor General – Julian Byng Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King Chief Justice – Louis Henry Davies (Prince Edward Island) Parliament – 14th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Cameron Nichol Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William Pugsley (until February 28) then William Frederick Todd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Henry Cockshutt Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Murdock MacKinnon Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Fitzpatrick (until October 31) then Louis-Philippe Brodeur Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Henry William Newlands

Premiers Premier of Alberta – Herbert Greenfield Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken Premier of New Brunswick – Walter Foster (until February 28) then Peter Veniot Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray (until January 24) then Ernest Howard Armstrong Premier of Ontario – Ernest Drury (until July 16) then George Howard Ferguson Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Howatt Bell (until September 5) then James D. Stewart Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Premier of Saskatchewan – Charles Avery Dunning

Territorial governments

Commissioners Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory

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 July 26- Warren G Harding visits Vancouver the first sitting American president to visit Canada post confederation 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 November 11 – The Fredericton Cenotaph was dedicated in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Full date unknown The Duplex, a Canadian 4-cylinder automobile is built in Montreal. Fleetwood-Knight, a Canadian automobile is built in Kingston, Ontario.

Arts and literature

Music April 23 – The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert.

New books Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery (1921)

Sport March 14 – The world's first complete play-by-play radio broadcast of a professional ice hockey game is done by Pete Parker in Regina. March 22 – Foster Hewitt announces his first ice hockey game. March 22 and 26 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's University of Manitoba win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Kitchener Colts 14 to 6 in a two-game aggregate played at Arena Gardens in Toronto March 31 – The Ottawa Senators win their 10th Stanley Cup by defeating the Western Canada Hockey League's Edmonton Eskimos 2 games to 0. The deciding game was played at Vancouver's Denman Arena December 1 – Queen's University win their second Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Rugby Club 54–0 in the 11th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

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 12 – Colombe Pelletier, pianist, coach and accompanist (d. 2021) 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 (d. 2026) 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 February 20 – Thomas George Roddick, surgeon, medical administrator and politician (b. 1846) March 2 – Joseph Martin, lawyer, politician and 13th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1852) April 25 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, Premier of Quebec (b. 1840) June 7 – John Best, politician (b. 1861)

July to December July 17 – John Strathearn Hendrie, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1857) October 2 – John Wilson Bengough, political cartoonist (b. 1851) December 5 – William Mackenzie, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b. 1849) December 9 – John Herbert Turner, Premier of British Columbia (b. 1834)

See also List of Canadian films

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