1922 in Canada
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Incumbents
- SovereignMonarchA monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
: King George VGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... - Prime MinisterPrime Minister of CanadaThe Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
: William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948... - Governor GeneralGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
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- Premier of AlbertaPremier of AlbertaThe Premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Alberta is Alison Redford. She became Premier by winning the Progressive Conservative leadership elections on...
: Herbert GreenfieldHerbert GreenfieldHerbert W. Greenfield was a Canadian politician who served as the fourth Premier of Alberta from 1921 until 1925. Born in Winchester, Hampshire, in England, he immigrated to Canada in his late twenties, settling first in Ontario and then in Alberta, where he farmed... - Premier of British ColumbiaPremier of British ColumbiaThe Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
: John OliverJohn Oliver (politician)John Oliver was a politician and farmer in British Columbia, Canada.Oliver was involved in local politics when he won a seat in the provincial legislature in the 1900 election, and became leader of the opposition. He lost his seat in the 1909 election... - Premier of ManitobaPremier of ManitobaThe Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...
: Tobias Norris then John BrackenJohn BrackenJohn Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada .... - Premier of New BrunswickPremier of New BrunswickThe Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
: Walter E. Foster - Premier of Nova ScotiaPremier of Nova ScotiaThe Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...
: George H. Murray - Premier of OntarioPremier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...
: Ernest C. Drury - Premier of Prince Edward IslandPremier of Prince Edward IslandThe Premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive.The current Premier of Prince Edward Island is Robert Ghiz.-See also:...
: John Howatt BellJohn Howatt BellJohn Howatt Bell was a lawyer and politician from Prince Edward Island, and the 14th Premier of Prince Edward Island.... - Premier of QuebecPremier of QuebecThe Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....
: Alexandre Taschereau - Premier of SaskatchewanPremier of SaskatchewanThe Premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
: William MartinWilliam Melville MartinWilliam Melville Martin served as the second Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922....
then Charles Dunning
Events
- January 1 - Motor vehicles in British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
changed from driving on the left to driving on the right hand side of the street. - January 11 - The world's first insulinInsulinInsulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....
treatment is made at the Toronto General HospitalToronto General HospitalThe Toronto General Hospital , is a part of the University Health Network, and a major teaching hospital in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is located in the Discovery District, directly north of the Hospital for Sick Children, across Gerrard Street West, and east of Princess Margaret Hospital and...
. The successful technique would later win a Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for its creators, Frederick BantingFrederick BantingSir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, FRS, FRSC was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the main discoverers of insulin....
and Charles Best. - April 5 - Charles Dunning becomes premier of SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, replacing William MartinWilliam Melville MartinWilliam Melville Martin served as the second Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922.... - May 3 - The women of Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
win the right to vote - July - Rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl BascomEarl W. BascomEarl W. Bascom was an American painter, printmaker, rodeo performer and sculptor, raised in Canada, who portrayed his own experiences cowboying and rodeoing across the American and Canadian West.- Childhood :...
at the Bascom Ranch, Lethbridge, Alberta - August 8 - John BrackenJohn BrackenJohn Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....
becomes premier of ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, replacing Tobias Norris - September 15 - Prime Minister Mackenzie King refuses to support the British in the Chanak Affair, asserting foreign policy independence for the first time
- October 9 - Prairie Bible CollegePrairie Bible CollegePrairie Bible Institute is a Bible college near Three Hills, Alberta. PBI opened on October 9, 1922 on the property of the McElheran family farm....
opens with 8 students in Three Hills, AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... - October 22 - Dante Monument (Montreal)Dante Monument (Montreal)The Dante Monument is a memorial in Little Italy, Montreal.- Overview :The monument to Dante Alighieri, by Carlo Balboni , was unveiled on October 22, 1922 in the Parc Lafontaine. It was a gift of Montreal's Italian community. The monument was moved to Dante Park in Little Italy in 1964.-Notes:* *...
unveiled - The land around Vimy Ridge is given to CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Arts and literature
- Nanook of the NorthNanook of the NorthNanook of the North is a 1922 silent documentary film by Robert J. Flaherty. In the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography, Flaherty captured the struggles of the Inuk Nanook and his family in the Canadian arctic...
is released, the first film to be called a documentaryDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
January to June
- January 21 - Lincoln AlexanderLincoln Alexander-External links:* * *...
, politician and 24th Lieutenant Governor of OntarioLieutenant Governor of OntarioThe Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United... - February 25 - Molly Lamb BobakMolly Lamb BobakMolly Lamb Bobak, is a prolific Canadian teacher, writer, printmaker and painter working in oils and watercolours. During World War II, she was the first Canadian woman artist to be sent overseas to document Canada’s war effort, and in particular, the work of the Canadian Women's Army Corps...
, teacher, writer, printmaker and painter - April 24 - Philip GivensPhilip GivensPhilip Gerald Givens, QC was a Mayor of Toronto, Canada, Member of Parliament and judge.Raised in Toronto, Givens attended Harbord Collegiate Institute....
, politician, judge and Mayor of TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
(d.19951995 in CanadaEvents from the year 1995 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn then Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia - Mike Harcourt...
) - April 26 - Jeanne SauvéJeanne SauvéJeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....
, politician and first female Governor General of CanadaGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
(d.19931993 in CanadaEvents from the year 1993 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta: Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt...
) - April 28 - Daryl SeamanDaryl SeamanDaryl Kenneth "Doc" Seaman, OC, AOE was a Canadian businessman. He was also involved in the sport of ice hockey as the owner of the Calgary Flames and on various ice hockey commissions. Seaman was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 2010...
, businessman (d.20092009 in CanadaEvents from the year 2009 in Canada.-January to March:*January 5 - Fourth explosion from 2008-09 British Columbia pipeline bombings destroyed a metering shed near the community of Tomslake, British Columbia....
) - May 2 - A. M. RosenthalA. M. RosenthalAbraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal , born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, was a New York Times executive editor and columnist and New York Daily News columnist . He joined the New York Times in 1943 and worked for the Times for 56 years - from 1943 to 1999...
, columnist and newspaper editor (d.20062006 in CanadaEvents from the year 2006 in Canada.-January to March:*January 1 - Thirty cities across the province of Quebec are reconstituted as the result of a referendum held on June 20, 2004.*January 10–29 seniors injured in a Toronto bus crash....
) - June 9 - Fernand SeguinFernand SeguinFernand Seguin, was a Canadian biochemist, professor and host of science programs on radio and television.-Honours:* In 1977 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science....
, biochemist, professor and television host (d.19881988 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Jeanne Sauvé*Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta – Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia – Bill Vander Zalm*Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley then Gary Filmon...
) - June 11 - Erving GoffmanErving GoffmanErving Goffman was a Canadian-born sociologist and writer.The 73rd president of American Sociological Association, Goffman's greatest contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction in the form of dramaturgical perspective that began with his 1959 book The Presentation of Self...
, sociologist and writer (d.19821982 in Canada-Incumbents:* Monarch: Elizabeth II* Governor General: Edward Schreyer* Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau* Premier of Alberta: Peter Lougheed* Premier of British Columbia: Bill Bennett* Premier of Manitoba: Howard Pawley...
) - June 22 - Richard VollenweiderRichard VollenweiderRichard Albert Vollenweider was a notable limnologist.Richard Vollenweider has written several widely cited academic works about lake eutrophication management...
, limnologist (d.20072007 in CanadaEvents from the year 2007 in Canada.-January to March:*January 5 - The domed roof of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver collapses.*January 11 - A major blizzard rips through Central Saskatchewan....
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July to September
- July 16 - Augustin BrassardAugustin BrassardAugustin Brassard is a former Canadian politician, lawyer, secretary and teacher. He was born in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Lapointe. He was re-elected in the 1958...
, politician - July 30 - Jack McClelland, publisher (d.20042004 in CanadaEvents from the year 2004 in Canada.-January:* January 1 - Montreal Dorval Airport is renamed, after some controversy, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport....
) - August 7 - Helmut Kallmann, historian
- August 11 - Mavis GallantMavis GallantMavis Leslie Gallant, , née Mavis Leslie Young is a Canadian writer.-Biography:An only child, Gallant was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her father died when she was young, and her mother remarried. Gallant received her education at seventeen different public, convent, and French-language boarding...
, writer - August 24 - René LévesqueRené LévesqueRené Lévesque was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, , the founder of the Parti Québécois political party and the 23rd Premier of Quebec...
, politician, Minister and 23rd Premier of QuebecPremier of QuebecThe Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....
(d.19871987 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Jeanne Sauvé*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia: Bill Vander Zalm*Premier of Manitoba: Howard Pawley...
) - September 1 - Yvonne De CarloYvonne De CarloYvonne De Carlo was a Canadian-born American actress of film and television. During her six-decade career, her most frequent appearances in film came in the 1940s and 1950s and included her best-known film roles, such as of Anna Marie in Salome Where She Danced ; Anna in Criss Cross ; Sephora the...
, actress, dancer and singer (d.20072007 in CanadaEvents from the year 2007 in Canada.-January to March:*January 5 - The domed roof of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver collapses.*January 11 - A major blizzard rips through Central Saskatchewan....
) - September 3 - Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
, singer, arranger, recording artist and songwriter (d.19961996 in CanadaEvents from the year 1996 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta: Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark...
) - September 16 - Alex BarrisAlex BarrisAlex Paul Barris, CM was an American-born Canadian television actor and writer. He was a writer and panelist for the game show Front Page Challenge. He was born in New York City. He was 81 when he died due to complications from a stroke he suffered a year earlier.Alex Barris left behind a wife and...
, actor and writer (d.20042004 in CanadaEvents from the year 2004 in Canada.-January:* January 1 - Montreal Dorval Airport is renamed, after some controversy, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport....
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October to December
- October 9 - Léon DionLéon DionLéon Dion, OC, OQ was a Quebec political scientist.Dion was born in Saint-Arsène de Rivière-du-Loup. He founded the department of political science at Université Laval with Gérard Bergeron and Maurice Tremblay in 1954....
, political scientist (d.19971997 in CanadaEvents from the year 1997 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark*Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon...
) - October 17 - Pierre JuneauPierre JuneauPierre Juneau, PC, OC, born , is a retired film and broadcast executive and one-time member of the Canadian Cabinet.He was born in Verdun, now part of Montreal, to a working class family...
, politician and film and broadcast executive - November 12 - Charlotte MacLeodCharlotte MacLeod- Life and work :Born in Bath, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1922, Charlotte MacLeod emigrated to the United States in 1923, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951. She attended the Art Institute of Boston. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as a copy writer for Stop and Shop...
, writer (d.20052005 in CanadaEvents from the year 2005 in Canada. This year was recognized, by Veterans Affairs Canada, as the Year of the Veteran.-January:*January 7 - Minister of Health Ujjal Dosanjh arrives in Sri Lanka to survey the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami damage....
) - December 11 - Pauline JewettPauline JewettPauline Jewett, was a Canadian Member of Parliament.Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, she received a BA and a MA from Queen's University and a Ph.D in political science from Harvard University in 1949...
, politician and educator (d.19921992 in CanadaEvents from the year 1992 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty then Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt...
) - December 22 - Percy SmithPercy Smith (politician)Gerald Albert Percy Smith, QC was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a barrister and lawyer by career.Smith was born at a farm in Lower Newcastle, New Brunswick...
, barrister, lawyer and politician (d.20092009 in CanadaEvents from the year 2009 in Canada.-January to March:*January 5 - Fourth explosion from 2008-09 British Columbia pipeline bombings destroyed a metering shed near the community of Tomslake, British Columbia....
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- Milt Harradence, lawyer, pilot, politician and judge (d.20082008 in CanadaEvents from the year 2008 in Canada.-January to March:* January 3 - In Montreal, a false bomb threat forces the closing of Victoria Bridge for four and a half hours....
) - Hilda WatsonHilda WatsonHilda Watson was a Canadian schoolteacher and politician from the Yukon Territory. She was the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party which was successful in having its members elected....
, leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative PartyYukon Progressive Conservative PartyThe Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is now known as the Yukon Party.-History:...
(d.19971997 in CanadaEvents from the year 1997 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark*Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon...
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Deaths
- January 26 - Robert BeithRobert BeithRobert Beith was a Canadian politician and farmer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in 1891 to represent the riding of Durham West. He was re-elected in 1896 then lost in 1900 but re-elected in 1902 after the previous election was declared void on...
, politician (b.18431843 in CanadaSee also:1842 in Canada,other events of 1843,1844 in Canada.----Events from the year 1843 in Canada.-Events:*January 19 - Mount Allison University is founded.*September 1 - First Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A...
) - April 12 - Robert Boston, politician (b.18361836 in CanadaSee also:1835 in Canada,other events of 1836,1837 in Canada.----Events from the year 1836 in Canada.-Events:*Opening of Canada's first railway line, from St. Johns, Quebec, to La Prairie, Quebec....
) - May 23 - Robert Franklin SutherlandRobert Franklin SutherlandRobert Franklin Sutherland, PC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1905 to 1909, noted for his fine speaking ability and strong temperament....
, politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of CommonsSpeaker of the Canadian House of CommonsThe Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow Members of Parliament...
(b.18591859 in CanadaSee also:1858 in Canada,other events of 1859,1860 in Canada.----Events from the year 1859 in Canada.-Events:*Abraham Shadd is elected to the town council in Raleigh, Ontario and becomes the first Black elected to public office....
) - July 22 - Sara Jeannette DuncanSara Jeannette DuncanSara Jeannette Duncan, , was a Canadian author and journalist. She was the daughter of Charles Duncan of Brantford, Ontario. She was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1862. She was educated at the Collegiate Institute in Brantford, Ontario...
, author and journalist (b.18611861 in CanadaSee also:1860 in Canada,other events of 1861,1862 in Canada.----Events from the year 1861 in Canada.-Events:*April 14 - A major flood hits Montreal...
) - August 2 - Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
, scientist, inventorInnovationInnovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
, engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
and innovatorInnovatorAn innovator in a general sense, is a person or an organization who is one of the first to introduce into reality something better than before. That often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation.-History:...
who is credited with inventing the first practical telephoneTelephoneThe telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
(b.18471847 in CanadaSee also:1846 in Canada,other events of 1847,1848 in Canada.----Events from the year 1847 in Canada.-Events:*January 30 - Lord Elgin, Governor, arrives at Montreal.*September 1 - Lord Elgin visits the immigrant 'fever' sheds at Pointe St...
) - December 3 - William ProudfootWilliam ProudfootWilliam Proudfoot was an Ontario politician and barrister.He was born in Colborne Township, Huron County, Canada West, the son of Robert Proudfoot, an immigrant from Scotland. He was educated in Goderich, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1880. Proudfoot set up practice in...
, politician and barrister (b.18591859 in CanadaSee also:1858 in Canada,other events of 1859,1860 in Canada.----Events from the year 1859 in Canada.-Events:*Abraham Shadd is elected to the town council in Raleigh, Ontario and becomes the first Black elected to public office....
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