1933 in Canada

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Events from the year 1933 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – George V^[1]

Federal government

Governor General – Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
Prime Minister – Richard Bedford Bennett
Chief Justice – Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario) (until 28 February) then Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
Parliament – 17th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

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 – Herbert Alexander Bruce
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Charles Dalton (until December 9) then George Des Brisay de Blois (from December 28)
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Henry George Carroll
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin Munroe

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – John Edward Brownlee
Premier of British Columbia – Simon Fraser Tolmie (until November 15) then Duff Pattullo
Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick – Charles Dow Richards (until June 1) then Leonard Tilley
Premier of Nova Scotia – Gordon Sidney Harrington (until September 5) then Angus Lewis Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – George Stewart Henry
Premier of Prince Edward Island – James D. Stewart (until October 10) then William J. P. MacMillan (from October 14)
Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Premier of Saskatchewan – James Thomas Milton Anderson

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

April 7 - Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.
June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards
August 16 - The Christie Pits riot between Jews and Nazi sympathizers in Toronto.
September 5 - Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Gordon Harrington
October 14 - W. J. P. MacMillan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart
November 11 - The magnitude 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake occurs at Baffin Bay, Northwest Territories.
November 15 - Thomas Pattullo becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Simon Fraser Tolmie
December 2 - Newfoundland's independence is revoked due to its financial difficulties.

Arts and literature

Sport

April 6 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Newmarket Redmen win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 2 games to 0. All games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
December 9 – The Toronto Argonauts win their third Grey Cup by defeating the Sarnia Imperials 4–3 at Sarnia's Davis Field

Births

January to March

January 24 - Claude Préfontaine, actor (d. 2013)
January 25
- Anne Innis Dagg, zoologist and feminist (d. 2024)
- Alden Nowlan, poet, novelist, playwright and journalist (d. 1983)
January 31 - Camille Henry, ice hockey player (d. 1997)
February 13 - Michael Cook, playwright (d. 1994)
February 16 – Tom Hickey, Canadian politician (d. 2020)
February 18 - Frank Moores, businessman, politician and 2nd Premier of Newfoundland (d. 2005)
February 24 - Gustavo Da Roza, architect
March 2 - Simonie Michael, Inuk politician (d. 2008)
March 4 - James Jerome, jurist, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 2005)
March 9 - Mel Lastman, businessman, politician and Mayor of Toronto (d. 2021)
March 19
- John Sopinka, lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 1997)
- Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (d. 2019)
March 23 - Thomas R. Berger, politician and jurist (d. 2021)
March 29 - Jacques Brault, poet and translator (d. 2022)

April to June

April 5 - Joe Comuzzi, politician (d. 2022)
April 19
- Peter Demeter, murderer
- Garry Blaine, ice hockey player (d. 1998)
April 24 - Alan Eagleson, disbarred lawyer, convicted felon, former politician, hockey agent and promoter
May 24 - Marian Engel, novelist (d. 1985)
May 29 - Marc Carbonneau, taxi driver and convicted kidnapper
June 19 - Michael M. Ames, anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
June 24
- Bob Cole, sports television announcer (d. 2024)
- Bernard Grandmaître, politician
June 26 - Gerry Weiner, politician
June 28
- Antonio Flamand, politician
- Gisèle Lalonde, politician and community activist, mayor of Vanier, Ontario (1985–1992) (d. 2022)
June 30
- Don Head, ice hockey player
- Orval Tessier, ice hockey centre and coach (d. 2022)

July to September

July 2 – Kenny Wharram, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
July 8 - Antonio Lamer, lawyer, jurist and 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007)
July 13 - Scott Symons, writer (d. 2009)
July 14 - Robert Bourassa, politician and 22nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1996)
July 16 - Julian Klymkiw, ice hockey goaltender (d. 2022)
July 17 - Mimi Hines, singer and comedian
July 28
- David Ahenakew, politician (d. 2010)
- Charlie Hodge, ice hockey goaltender (d. 2016)
August 13 - Ted Godwin, artist (d. 2013)
August 24 - John Alan Lee, sociologist (d. 2013)
August 30 - Don Getty, politician and 11th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)
September 8 - Maurice Foster, politician, MP for Algoma (1968–1993) (d. 2010)
September 19 - Gilles Archambault, novelist

October to December

October 12 - Guido Molinari, artist (d. 2004)
October 22 - David Bromige, poet (d. 2009)
November 16 - Leonard Marchand, politician (d. 2016)
November 26 - Robert Goulet, singer and actor (d. 2007)
November 27 - Jacques Godbout, novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet
December 1 - Alex Campbell, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island
December 12 - Joe Borowski, politician and activist (d. 1996)
December 25 - Fred Sasakamoose, ice hockey player (d. 2020)

Full date unknown

Harry Flemming, journalist (d. 2008)
Doreen Kimura, psychologist who was professor at Simon Fraser University (d. 2013)

Deaths

January 3 - Jack Pickford, actor (b. 1896)
April 14 - Daniel Hunter McMillan, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b. 1846)
October 10 - James David Stewart, educator, lawyer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1874)
October 17 - Emily Murphy, women's rights activist, jurist and author, first woman magistrate in Canada and in the British Empire (b. 1868)
October 25 - William John Bowser, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b. 1867)
November 30 - Arthur Currie, World War I general (b. 1875)

Historical documents

Montreal Gazette report finds that, after bad start, 1933 has brought industrial expansion and "a general revival of confidence"^[2]

"With a cheery, optimistic feeling prevailing," grain markets in Winnipeg, Chicago and Liverpool raise price of wheat^[3]

In what "has been a very bad year," federal budget raises taxes and creates support fund for agricultural exporters^[4]

"Heavy obligations" from resource and production investment call for debt conversion, budget balancing and international agreement^[5]

Most first ministers back re-employment through shortening of everyone's work day (but unemployment insurance scheme doubtful)^[6]

Hitler sworn in as German chancellor, but "surrounded with conservatives" in cabinet^[7]

With Nazi plurality, German parliament will allow Hitler to suspend its powers and constitution temporarily^[8]

Appeals to Jewish community and Christians to relieve oppression of German Jews^[9]

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation rejects capitalism and "its inherent injustice and inhumanity" in Regina Manifesto^[10]

Marxist delegate to CCF's Regina convention calls it "middle class" and "reformist"^[11]

Rejected in Saskatchewan by-election, Farmer-Labor (CCF) candidates and campaign managers receive advice from their president^[12]

Spinning wheel and Bennett buggy: how Prairie farmers are coping in Great Depression^[13]

Poor woman asks Prime Minister Bennett to send underwear for her husband (and request is fulfilled)^[14]

Memorial plaque unveiled at University of Saskatchewan for 46th Battalion^[15]

Mackenzie King yields to temptation, being "disobedient to the heavenly vision as I have held it in my heart"^[16]

Flyer for opening of Harlem-style nightclub in Montreal (note: blackface depicted)^[17]

References

^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Canadian Press, "Many Evidences Of Improvement," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 4, 1934) pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ "Wheat Closes More Than Two Cents Higher," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 64 (March 16, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 4, 2020
^ Charles Bishop, "Income Levy Raised, Tax Put on Sugar To Increase Revenue," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 69 (March 22, 1933), pgs. 1, 4 Accessed June 4, 2020
^ "Reports of the Committee; Sixth Report; General," [House] Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce (1933), pg. 208 Accessed 23 October 2020
^ "To Reduce Working Day?; Indications Point to Agreement on Scheme at Parley in Ottawa (Special to The Star-Phoenix)," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 153 (January 19, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Associated Press, "Hitler Wins Power; Europe Stirred," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 162 (January 30, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Associated Press, "Republic of Germany Is on Its Last Legs; Reichstag Expected to Create Four Years' Dictatorship For Hitler," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 69 (March 22, 1933), pgs. 1. Accessed June 4, 2020
^ Maurice N. Eisendrath, "Can the New Year Be Happy" and "Where Are the Christian Champions of the Jew?," Canadian Jewish Review, Vol. XV, No. 49 (September 22, 1933), pg. 3 Accessed 10 December 2019 (See also internal government letter noting opposition to admitting German Jews)
^ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, "The Regina Manifesto" (July 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ W. (William) Moriarty, "The Regina Convention of the C.C.F." Workers' Age (September 15, 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Letter of G.H. Williams (Saskatoon, October 28, 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ "1933 Conditions in the Canadian West During the Depression" (no source). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Letter of Mrs. Thomas Hodgins (Perdue, Sask., September 28, 1933; with replies). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ "Plaque Unveiled To Members Of 46th Battalion," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (November 13, 1933), pg. 5. Accessed June 3, 2020 http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/war/memorials.html (scroll down to 167)
^ Entries of January 14 and 15, Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King; 1933, pgs. 17-18 Accessed June 3, 2020
^ "Connies Inn (formerly The Frolics)" Accessed June 3, 2020

[1] "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[2] Canadian Press, "Many Evidences Of Improvement," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 4, 1934) pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

[3] "Wheat Closes More Than Two Cents Higher," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 64 (March 16, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 4, 2020

[4] Charles Bishop, "Income Levy Raised, Tax Put on Sugar To Increase Revenue," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 69 (March 22, 1933), pgs. 1, 4 Accessed June 4, 2020

[5] "Reports of the Committee; Sixth Report; General," [House] Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce (1933), pg. 208 Accessed 23 October 2020

[6] "To Reduce Working Day?; Indications Point to Agreement on Scheme at Parley in Ottawa (Special to The Star-Phoenix)," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 153 (January 19, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 3, 2020

[7] Associated Press, "Hitler Wins Power; Europe Stirred," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 162 (January 30, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 3, 2020

[8] Associated Press, "Republic of Germany Is on Its Last Legs; Reichstag Expected to Create Four Years' Dictatorship For Hitler," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 69 (March 22, 1933), pgs. 1. Accessed June 4, 2020

[9] Maurice N. Eisendrath, "Can the New Year Be Happy" and "Where Are the Christian Champions of the Jew?," Canadian Jewish Review, Vol. XV, No. 49 (September 22, 1933), pg. 3 Accessed 10 December 2019 (See also internal government letter noting opposition to admitting German Jews)

[10] Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, "The Regina Manifesto" (July 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020

[11] W. (William) Moriarty, "The Regina Convention of the C.C.F." Workers' Age (September 15, 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020

[12] Letter of G.H. Williams (Saskatoon, October 28, 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020

[13] "1933 Conditions in the Canadian West During the Depression" (no source). Accessed June 3, 2020

[14] Letter of Mrs. Thomas Hodgins (Perdue, Sask., September 28, 1933; with replies). Accessed June 3, 2020

[15] "Plaque Unveiled To Members Of 46th Battalion," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (November 13, 1933), pg. 5. Accessed June 3, 2020 http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/war/memorials.html (scroll down to 167)

[16] Entries of January 14 and 15, Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King; 1933, pgs. 17-18 Accessed June 3, 2020

[17] "Connies Inn (formerly The Frolics)" Accessed June 3, 2020

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