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1949 in Canada

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Events from the year 1949 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – George VI

Federal government

Governor General – the Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent
Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec)
Parliament – 20th (until 30 April) then 21st (from 15 September)

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Charles Arthur Banks
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Albert Walsh (until September 15) then Leonard Outerbridge
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Ray Lawson
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Alphonsus Bernard
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – John Michael Uhrich

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia – Boss Johnson
Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell
Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – Thomas Laird Kennedy (until May 4) then Leslie Frost
Premier of Prince Edward Island – J. Walter Jones
Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – John Edward Gibben
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside

Events

Joseph Smallwood signs the document bringing Newfoundland into Confederation

March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province at a fraction of a second from April 1
April 1 - Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province
April 4 - Canada joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
May 4 - Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Thomas Kennedy
June 27 - Federal election: Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
August 22 - Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
September 9 - Albert Guay affair: in-flight bombing of a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 en route from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau
September 14 - The Noronic, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, is destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118

Full date unknown

Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are abolished, making the Supreme Court of Canada the country's top court
British Columbia gives Asian-Canadians the vote
Gustave Sherman establishes his custume jewellery business, Sherman & Company Ltd. in Montreal

Arts and literature

Awards

See 1949 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Angeline Hango, Truthfully Yours

Sport

April 16 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their eighth (third consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
May 16 – The Quebec Junior Hockey League's Montreal Royals win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings 4 games to 3 (with 1 tie). The deciding game was played Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
November 26 – The Montreal Alouettes win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders 28–15 in the 37th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
Date unknown – The Edmonton Eskimos join the Western Interprovincial Football Union

Births

January to March

January 24 - Guy Charron, ice hockey player
February 14 - Denis Rocan, politician
February 23 - Marc Garneau, astronaut, engineer and politician (d. 2025)
March 1 - Jane Haist, discus thrower and shot putter (d. 2022)
March 3 - Elijah Harper, politician (d. 2013)
March 16 - Victor Garber, actor and singer
March 25 - Jean Potvin, ice hockey player (d. 2022)
March 29 - Pauline Marois, social worker, civil servant and 30th premier of Quebec
March 30 - Liza Frulla, politician

April to June

April 4 - Nava Starr, chess player and a Women's International Master
April 6 - Réginald Bélair, politician
April 8 - Claudette Bradshaw, politician
April 14 - Percy Mockler, politician and Senator
April 16 - Sandy Hawley, jockey
April 18 - Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre, politician, Mayor of Russell, Ontario (since 2010) (d. 2014)
April 26 - Ray Henault, general and Chief of Defence Staff
May 6 - Diane Ablonczy, politician
May 20 - Sheldon Oberman, children's writer (d. 2004)
May 20 - Dave Thomas, comedian and actor
June 7 - Christopher W. Morris, philosopher and academic
June 21 - Jane Urquhart, writer
June 22 - Wayne Easter, politician

July to September

July 3 - Jan Smithers, actress
July 11 - Liona Boyd, classical guitarist
July 12 - Ted Barris, writer, journalist, professor, and broadcaster
August 4 - Danny Williams, politician and 9th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
August 13 - Bobby Clarke, ice hockey player
August 21 - Larry Fisher, murderer (d. 2015)
August 30 - Don Boudria, politician and Minister
September 6 - Carole-Marie Allard, politician
September 12 - Kevin Major, author
September 26 - Marie Tifo, actress

October to December

October 10 - Michel Létourneau, politician (d. 2019)
October 24 - Robert Pickton, serial killer and pig farmer (d. 2024)
October 25 - Laurie Skreslet, mountaineer, first Canadian to reach the summit of Mount Everest
October 27 - Garth Drabinsky, film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur
November 27 - Nick Discepola, politician
November 28 - Paul Shaffer, musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer
November 29 - Stan Rogers, folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
December 13 - Denise Leblanc-Bantey, politician (d. 1999)
December 19 - Larry Bagnell, politician
December 21 - John Loewen, businessman and politician
December 30 - Jim Flaherty, politician and Minister (d. 2014)

Full date unknown

Zahra Kazemi, photographer, died in Iranian custody (d. 2003)

Deaths

January to June

January 9 - Tom Longboat, long-distance runner (b. 1887)
January 11 - John Wesley Brien, physician and politician (b. 1864)
February 12 - Pegi Nicol MacLeod, artist (b. 1904)
May 22 - Sir Douglas Alexander, 1st Baronet, British-born Canadian industrialist (b. 1864)
June 2 - François Blais, politician (b. 1875)

July to December

July 7 - Fred Wellington Bowen, politician (b. 1877)
August 23 - Herbert Greenfield, politician and 4th Premier of Alberta (b. 1869)
September 2 - Ian Alistair Mackenzie, politician and Minister (b. 1890)
December 7 - Stanislas Blanchard, politician (b. 1871)
December 16 - Albert Edward Matthews, 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1873)
December 16 - Sidney Olcott, film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1873)

References

"King George VI {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia".
(4 February 2014). "Heads of States and Governments Since 1945". Routledge.
(4 April 1978). "Deaths {{!}} ALEXANDER--Archibald G.". [[The New York Times]].

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