1935 in Canada

Events

Young men riot in Regina, Saskatchewan due to poor economic conditions
January 2: Prime Minister R.B. Bennett outlines his New Deal programme
March 11: Bank of Canada established
May 7: David Dunlap Observatory opens
June 5: The On to Ottawa Trek begins
July 16: Allison Dysart becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Leonard Tilley
August 15: Walter Lea becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing W.J.P. MacMillan
August 22: Alberta general election, 1935: William Aberhart's Alberta Social Credit Party wins a majority, defeating Richard G. Reid's United Farmers of Alberta
September 3: William Aberhart becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Richard Reid
September: Earl and Weldon Bascom of Raymond Alberta produce history's first night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights in Columbia, Mississippi
October 14: Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a majority, defeating R.B. Bennett's Conservatives
October 3: After the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, Canada refuses to support military intervention or even sanctions
October 23: Mackenzie King becomes prime minister for the third time, replacing R.B. Bennett
November 1: William Patterson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
November 1: The magnitude 6.2 Timiskaming earthquake occurs in western Quebec
December 7: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers become the first western Canadian team to win the Grey Cup
The Bank of Canada issued a $500 banknote with Sir John A. Macdonald's portrait and a $1,000 note with Sir Wilfrid Laurier's portrait

Births

January 7: Rey Pagtakhan, politician
January 10: Ronnie Hawkins, musician
January 14: Lucille Wheeler, musician
February 14: Robert McConnell, musician
February 21: Jean Pelletier, politician operative
February 28: Alex Janvier, artist
March 2: Al Waxman, actor
March 15: Mary Pratt, artist
March 24: Mary Seeman, psychiatrist
April 22: Rita Johnston, BC politician
May 16: Carol Shields, author
May 25: W. P. Kinsella, author
May 26: Pat Carney, Senator
July 17: Donald Sutherland, actor
July 27: Don Mazankowski, politician
July 29: Pat Lowther, poet
October 3: Floyd Laughren, politician
October 15: Willie O'Ree, hockey player
October 20: Russell Doern, Manitoba politician
November 17: Audrey Thomas, author
December 13: Raymond Speaker, politician
December 21: Edward Schreyer, Manitoba Premier and Governor-General

Deaths

April 19: Willis Keith Baldwin, politician

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