1920 in Canada
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Events from the year 1920 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 10 - Canada is a founding member of the League of Nations
- February 1 - The Royal Northwest Mounted Police renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- February 14 - Université de Montréal founded
- May 14 - Canadian Forum magazine founded
- July 9 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Lomer Gouin
- July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Robert Borden
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- Women become eligible to sit in the House of Commons
- The Japanese Labour Union is formed
- The Dominion Elections Act is passed creating the position of Chief Electoral Officer.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- May 7 - The first exhibit of art by the Group of Seven opens in Toronto.
- November 8 - The Capitol Cinema opens in Ottawa, the capital's only true movie palace.
[edit] Sport
- April 1 - The Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Seattle Metropolitans.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 4 - James William Baskin, politician and businessman (d.1999)
- January 4 - Douglas Pimlott, biologist
- January 7 - Margaret Thompson, scientist
- January 12 - Bill Reid, artist (d.1998)
- February 23 - Paul Gérin-Lajoie, lawyer, philanthropist, politician and Minister
- February 25 - Merrill Edwin Barrington, politician
- February 25 - Gérard Bessette, author and educator (d.2005)
- March 3 - James Doohan, actor (d.2005)
- March 19 - Cyril Lloyd Francis, politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d.2007)
[edit] April to June
- April 2 - Gerald Bouey, 4th Governor of the Bank of Canada (d.2004)
- May 2 - William Hutt, actor (d.2007)
- May 5 - Bill Hunter, ice hockey player, general manager and coach (d.2002)
- May 8 - Harry Rankin, lawyer and politician (d.2002)
- May 27 - Peter Dmytruk, World War II military hero (d.1943)
- June 6 - Jan Rubes, opera singer and actor
- June 14 - Stanley Waters, Senator (d.1991)
- June 24 - Joe Greene, politician (d.1978)
[edit] July to December
- July 12 - Pierre Berton, author, television personality and journalist (d.2004)
- August 3 - Lucien Lamoureux, politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d.1998)
- August 19 - Agnes Benidickson, first female Chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario (d.2007)
- August 24 - Alex Colville, painter
- September 11 - Dalton Camp, journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator (d.2002)
- September 26 - Edmund Tobin Asselin, politician (d.1999)
- October 1 - Charles Daudelin, sculptor and painter (d.2001)
- October 13 - Evelyn Dick, murderer
- October 29 – Bill Juzda, ice hockey player (d.2008)
- November 11 - John Ferguson Browne, politician
- November 18 - George Johnson, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d.1995)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- February 16 - Augustus F. Goodridge, politician and Premier of Newfoundland (b.1839)
- April 25 - Alexander Grant MacKay, teacher, lawyer and politician (b.1860)
- June 6 - James Dunsmuir, industrialist, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1851)
- June 27 - Adolphe-Basile Routhier, judge, author and lyricist (b.1839)
[edit] July to December
- September 5 - Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe, second wife of John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (b.1836)
- September 7 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1855)
- September 18 - Robert Beaven, businessman, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (b.1836)
- September 30 - William Wilfred Sullivan, journalist, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1843)
- November 19 - Byron Moffatt Britton, politician, lawyer and lecturer (b.1833)
- December 12 - Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1854)
