1934 in Canada

Incumbents

Crown

• Monarch – George V

Federal government

• Governor General – Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
• Prime Minister – Richard Bedford Bennett
• Chief Justice – 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 (until December 1) then William Johnston Tupper
• 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 – George Des Brisay de Blois
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Henry George Carroll (until April 29) then Esioff-Léon Patenaude
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin Munroe

Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – John Edward Brownlee (until July 10) then Richard Gavin Reid
• Premier of British Columbia – Duff Pattullo
• Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
• Premier of New Brunswick – Leonard Tilley
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
• Premier of Ontario – George Stewart Henry (until July 10) then Mitchell Hepburn
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – William J. P. MacMillan
• Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
• Premier of Saskatchewan – James Thomas Milton Anderson (until July 19) then James Garfield Gardiner

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Rowatt (until April 30) then Vacant (Roy A. Gibson acting)

Events

• March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office
• June 19 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a majority, defeating George S. Henry's Conservatives
• June 19 - Saskatchewan election: James Garfield Gardiner's Liberals win a majority, defeating James T.M. Anderson's Conservative-led coalition government
• July 3 - The Bank of Canada is formed
• July 10 - Mitchell Hepburn becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Henry
• July 10 - Richard G. Reid becomes premier of Alberta, replacing John Brownlee
• July 19 - James Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan for the second time, replacing James Anderson
• August 14 - John Sackville Labatt kidnapped
• October 26 - Reconstruction Party of Canada formed

Sport

• February 14 – The Ace Bailey Benefit Game (forerunner of the annual National Hockey League All-Star Game) is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
• April 5 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto St. Michael's Majors win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Edmonton Junior Hockey League's Edmonton Athletics 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
• November 24 – The Sarnia Imperials win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Roughriders 20 to 12 in the 22nd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium

Births

January to March

• January 3 - Yves Gaucher, artist (d. 2000)
• January 7 - Jean Corbeil, politician (d. 2002)
• January 11 - Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
• January 16 - Judy Erola, broadcaster and politician
• January 19 - Lloyd Robertson, television news anchor and senior editor
• January 23 - Pierre Bourgault, politician and essayist (d. 2003)
• February 5 - Don Cherry, ice hockey player, coach and commentator
• February 8 - Philip Seeman, schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist (d. 2021)
• February 22 - Victor M. Power, politician (d. 2024)
• February 24 - Murray Costello, ice hockey player and executive (d. 2024)
• March 7 - Douglas Cardinal, architect
• March 9 - Marlene Streit, golfer
• March 16 - Ray Hnatyshyn, politician and 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
• March 22 - George Stulac, basketball player and decathlete
• March 24 - Alice Whitty, high jumper (d. 2017)

April to June

• April 13 - John Muckler, ice hockey coach and executive (d. 2021)
• May 17 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist (d. 2009)
• May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy
• June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic (d. 2016)
• June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
• June 22
  • Willie Adams, politician and senator
  • Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and senator (d. 2019)
• June 24 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, singer/songwriter (d. 2024)
• June 27 - Norman Atkins, businessman and senator (d. 2010)
• June 30 - Aron Tager, Canadian actor (d. 2019)

July to September

• July 8 - Fred Stewart, Alberta politician
• July 12 - Mira Spivak, politician
• July 13 - Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter (d. 2002)
• July 16 - Albert Aguayo, neurologist
• July 19 - Larry Zolf, journalist (d. 2011)
• July 27 - Jim Elder, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist

• August 16 - Douglas Kirkland, Canadian-born American photographer (d. 2022 in the United States)
• August 22 - Ralph Mellanby, sportscaster and television producer (d. 2022)
• August 27 - Reggie Parks, wrestler and engraver (d. 2021)
• August 31 - Herb Epp, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (19771990) (d. 2013)
• September 2 - Donald B. Redford, archaeologist
• September 11 - Oliver Jones, jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger
• September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d. 2016)
• September 25 - Ronald Lou-Poy, lawyer and community leader (d. 2022)

October to December

• October 1 - Margaret McCain, philanthropist and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• October 4 - Rudy Wiebe, author and professor
• October 5 - Kenneth D. Taylor, diplomat involved in the Iran hostage crisis (d. 2015)
• November 5 - Pierre Dufault, journalist and sports commentator (d. 2025)
• November 6 - Barton Myers, American/Canadian architect
• November 11 - Suzanne Lloyd, film and television actress
• November 21 - Howard Pawley, politician, professor and 18th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2015)
• November 26
  • Elie Martel, politician (d. 2025)
  • Conrad Santos, politician (d. 2016)
• November 30 - Marcel Prud'homme, politician and senator (d. 2017)
• December 11 - Mike Nykoluk, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
• December 18 - Martin Lavut, filmmaker (d. 2016)
• December 25 - Peter Trueman, journalist and news presenter (d. 2021)

Deaths

• March 7 - John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Governor General of Canada (b. 1847)
• March 15 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)
• April 17 - Frank S. Cahill, politician (b. 1876)
• July 28 - Marie Dressler, actress (b. 1868)
• September 1 – William Anderson Black, politician (b. 1847)
• October 4 - Henry Sproatt, architect (b. 1866)
• November 10 - Sir Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b. 1853)

References

References

1. "King George V {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia".
2. [https://albertaonrecord.ca/fred-stewart-fonds Fonds paa-6552 - Fred Stewart fonds]
3. [https://variety.com/2022/film/news/douglas-kirkland-dead-celebrity-photographer-1235393467/ Douglas Kirkland, Hollywood Photographer, Dies at 88]
4. [https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ralph-mellanby-hockey-broadcast-icon-dead-at-87 Ralph Mellanby, hockey broadcast icon, dead at 87]
5. [https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2001/07/09/slam-wrestling-canadian-hall-of-fame-reggie-parks/?cf_chl_jschl_tk=pmd_TEKzsQ3P698XvFHxELBjdWoTKK1J94kn1Dw8WPAjxm0-1633803937-0-gqNtZGzNAqWjcnBszQe9 REGGIE PARKS: WRESTLER TO BELT MAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE]