1936 in Canada
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- Monarch: 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....
, then Edward VIIIEdward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
, then George VIGeorge VI of the United KingdomGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... - Governor GeneralGovernor General of CanadaThe Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
: John Baron Tweedsmuir - Prime Minister: Mackenzie King
- Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King
- Minister of National Defence: Ian MackenzieIan Alistair MackenzieIan Alistair Mackenzie, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Assynt, Scotland, Mackenzie entered politics by winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1920 BC election...
- Minister of Justice: Ernest LapointeErnest LapointeErnest Lapointe, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.-Education, early career:Lapointe earned his law degree from Laval University...
- Director of Military Operations and Intelligence: Brigadier Henry Crerar
- Chief of the General Staff: Major-General Ernest Charles AshtonErnest Charles AshtonLieutenant-General Ernest Charles Ashton CB CMG VD was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 1935 until 21 November 1938...
- Chief of the Naval Staff: Commodore Percy W. NellesPercy W. NellesPercy Walker Nelles, CB was a flag officer in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Chief of the Naval Staff from 1934 to 1944. He oversaw the massive wartime expansion of the RCN and the transformation of Canada into a major player in the Battle of the Atlantic. During his tenure U-boats raided the...
- Senior Air Officer: Air Vice-Marshall George CroilGeorge CroilAir Marshal George Mitchell Croil CBE, AFC was a Royal Flying Corps pilot during World War I who went on to become the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force...
Events
- January 6 - Barbara HanleyBarbara HanleyBarbara McCallum Hanley, née Smith was the first woman to be elected a mayor in Canada....
is elected mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Webbwood, Ontario, becoming the first woman ever to serve as a mayor in Canada - January 14 - Thane Campbell becomes premier 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...
, replacing Walter Lea - June 11 - Adélard GodboutAdélard GodboutJoseph-Adélard Godbout was an agronomist and politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 15th Premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He was also leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec .-Youth and early career:Adélard Godbout was born in Saint-Éloi...
becomes premier of QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, replacing Louis-Alexandre TaschereauLouis-Alexandre TaschereauLouis-Alexandre Taschereau was a the 14th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was elected four times, the first in 1900, in the riding of Montmorency. He was also a member of the Parti libéral du Québec... - August 26 - Maurice DuplessisMaurice DuplessisMaurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre...
becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Adélard Godbout - September - 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 :...
of Raymond, AlbertaRaymond, AlbertaRaymond is a town in Warner County, Alberta, Canada. It is located in southern Alberta south of Lethbridge on Highway 52. Raymond is known for its annual rodeo and its large Mormon population...
, designs and directs the construction of the first rodeo arena and grandstands in the state of Mississippi - November 2 - The Canadian Broadcasting CorporationCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
replaces the Canadian Radio Broadcasting CommissionCanadian Radio Broadcasting CommissionThe Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission was Canada's first public broadcaster and the immediate precursor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.-Origins:... - November 18 - The Toronto Globe and the Mail and Empire merge to form the Globe and Mail
- December 11 - The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 was the Act of the British Parliament that allowed King Edward VIII to abdicate the throne, and passed succession to his brother Prince Albert, Duke of York . The Act also excluded any possible future descendants of Edward from the line of succession...
which legislates the abdication of King Edward VIII. - The Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
begins. Eventually 1135 Canadians will serve in the International BrigadesInternational BrigadesThe International Brigades were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939....
of the Republican forces
January to March
- January 18 - Albert DriedgerAlbert DriedgerAlbert Driedger was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1999, and a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1997....
, politician - February 6 - Kent DouglasKent DouglasKent Gemmell Douglas was a professional ice hockey defenceman and coach.-Early career:Douglas started his career with the Kitchener Canucks in the Ontario Hockey Association...
, ice hockey player and coach (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....
) - February 9 - Stompin' Tom ConnorsStompin' Tom ConnorsCharles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known country and folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :...
, folk singer - February 29 - Henri RichardHenri RichardJoseph Henri Richard is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1955 to 1975...
, ice hockey player - March 1 - Monique BéginMonique BéginMonique Bégin, PC, OC, FRSC is an academic and former Canadian politician.Begin was born in Rome and raised in France and Portugal before immigrating to Canada at the end of World War II...
, academic, politician and Minister - March 21 - Ed BroadbentEd BroadbentJohn Edward "Ed" Broadbent, is a Canadian social democratic politician and political scientist. He was leader of the federal New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989. In the 2004 federal election, he returned to Parliament for one additional term as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre.-Life...
, politician and political scientist - March 24 - David SuzukiDavid SuzukiDavid Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...
, science broadcaster and environmental activist
April to June
- April 17 - Peter Adams, politician
- April 19 - Sharon PollockSharon PollockSharon Pollock is a Canadian playwright, actor, director, who lives in Calgary, Alberta. She has been Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary , Theatre New Brunswick and Performance Kitchen & The Garry Theatre, the latter which she herself founded in 1992. In 2007, she was made a Fellow of the Royal...
, playwright, actor and director - May 14 - Aline ChrétienAline ChrétienAline Chrétien is the wife of Canada's twentieth Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien.Born Aline Chaîné in Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Quebec, she married lawyer Jean Chrétien on September 10, 1957...
, wife of Jean ChrétienJean ChrétienJoseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003.... - May 14 - Richard John NeuhausRichard John NeuhausRichard John Neuhaus was a prominent Christian cleric and writer. Born in Canada, Neuhaus moved to the United States where he became a naturalized United States citizen...
, churchman and author (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 15 - Milan KymlickaMilan KymlickaMilan Kymlicka was a Canadian arranger, composer and conductor of Czechoslovakian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1974. He was best known for his composition of film and television scores, including those for the animated television series Rupert and Babar...
, arranger, composer and conductor (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....
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July to December
- July 3 - Larry CondonLarry CondonJoseph Lawrence Condon was a Canadian politician.Condon served one term in the Canadian House of Commons as a federal Liberal Member of Parliament...
, politician (d.19911991 in CanadaEvents from the year 1991 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia: Bill Vander Zalm then Rita Johnston then Michael Harcourt...
) - August 20 - David MacDonald, politician and author
- September 26 - Lowell MurrayLowell MurrayLowell Murray, PC is a former Canadian senator and long-time activist with the federal Progressive Conservative Party.-Education:...
, Senator - October 9 – Don WittmanDon WittmanDonald Rae Wittman was a Canadian sportscaster.Born in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and got his start in the field of broadcasting as a news reporter with CFQC radio in Saskatoon in 1955.As a sportscaster, Wittman covered many sports including athletics,...
, sportscaster (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....
) - October 27 - Suzanne ParadisSuzanne ParadisSuzanne Paradis is a Canadian poet, novelist and critic based in Quebec.-Books:* Les Enfants* A temps, le bonheur* Les Hauts Cris* La Chasse aux autres*Les Cormorans*L'Oeuvre de pierre...
, writer - November 7 - Audrey McLaughlinAudrey McLaughlinAudrey McLaughlin, PC, OC was leader of Canada's New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995. She was the first female leader of a political party with representation in the Canadian House of Commons, as well as the first federal political party leader to represent an electoral district in a Canadian...
, politician - December 16 - Karleen BradfordKarleen BradfordKarleen Bradford is a Canadian children's author.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bradford moved to Argentina as a child. She returned to Canada to attend university, and after graduation, she spent 34 years in different parts of the world as a Foreign Service Officer.Published Books*A Year for Growing -...
, children's author
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- Greg CurnoeGreg CurnoeGreg Curnoe was a Canadian painter known for his concentration on subjects associated with regionalism and London, Ontario. He became known for work similar to the pop art genre, which continued to parallel his later work....
, painter (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...
) - Sheldon TurcottSheldon TurcottSheldon Turcott was a reporter and host on the Canadian television channel CBC for four decades. He was a frequent contributor to The National working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the programHe was also host of the quiz series TimeChase and was also...
, journalist (d. 20002000 in CanadaEvents from the year 2000 in Canada.-Incumbents:Estimated Canadian population: 30,790,834-January to June:*January 1 - The magnitude 5.2 Kipawa earthquake occurs in Ontario and Quebec, Canada...
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Deaths
- January 8 - John Augustus BarronJohn Augustus BarronJohn Augustus Barron was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1887 as Member of the Liberal Party in the riding of Victoria North. He was re-elected in 1891 but unseated by petition and lost in the riding by-election on February 11, 1892...
, politician and lawyer (b.18501850 in CanadaSee also:1849 in Canada,other events of 1850,1851 in Canada.----Events from the year 1850 in Canada.-Events:*January 14 - Malcolm Cameron visits Washington, D.C. about a trade reciprocity agreement....
) - January 10 - Walter Lea, politician and Premier 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...
(b.18741874 in Canada-Events:*January 22 - Federal election: Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals win a majority, defeating J. A. Macdonald's Liberal-Conservatives*February 11 - George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Amor De Cosmos...
) - January 22 - Noah TimminsNoah TimminsNoah Anthony Timmins was a Canadian mining developer and executive who is considered a founding father of Canada's mining industry.-Background and mining achievements:...
, mining developer and executive (b.18671867 in CanadaSee also:1866 in Canada,other events of 1867,1868 in Canada.----Events from the year 1867 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch — Queen Victoria*Prime Minister — John A. Macdonald*Premier of New Brunswick — Andrew R...
) - February 26 - Frederick C. AlderdiceFrederick C. AlderdiceFrederick Charles Alderdice was a businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A prominent St...
, businessman, politician and last Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.18721872 in CanadaEvents from the year 1872 in Canada.-Events:*March 14 - Henry Joseph Clarke becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable Girard*March 25 - The beginning of the Toronto Printers' Strike for a nine-hour day....
) - May 7 - Isidore-Noël BelleauIsidore-Noël BelleauIsidore Noël Belleau was a Canadian politician, director, editor and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in an 1883 by-election to represent the riding of Lévis. He was also defeated in the elections of 1874 for Portneuf and 1887 for Bellechasse. He was elected as mayor of...
, politician and lawyer (b.18481848 in CanadaSee also:1847 in Canada,other events of 1848,1849 in Canada.----Events from the year 1848 in Canada.-Events:*January 2 - Maple sugar is made in St...
) - May 30 - Homer WatsonHomer WatsonHomer Ransford Watson was a Canadian landscape painter. He was "the man who first saw Canada as Canada, rather than as dreamy blurred pastiches of European painting," according to J. Russell Harper, a former curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery of Canada...
, artist (b. 18551855 in CanadaSee also:1854 in Canada,other events of 1855,1856 in Canada.----Events from the year 1855 in Canada.-Events:*January 1 - Bytown is renamed Ottawa.*March 8 - A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed...
) - July 6 - Peter VeniotPeter VeniotPeter John Veniot, PC was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was the first Acadian premier of the province of New Brunswick....
, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th 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....
(b.18631863 in CanadaSee also:1862 in Canada,other events of 1863,1864 in Canada.----Events from the year 1863 in Canada.-Governors:*Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck*Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Alexander Bannerman...
) - October 3 - William Parks, geologist and paleontologist (b.18681868 in CanadaSee also:1867 in Canada,other events of 1868,1869 in Canada.----Events from the year 1868 in Canada.-Incumbents:Crown*Head of state : Queen VictoriaFederal government...
) - October 29 - Tobias Norris, politician and 10th 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...
(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...
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