1925 in Canada
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Events from the year 1925 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â Julian Byng
- Prime Minister â William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Chief Justice â Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario)
- Parliament â 14th (until 5 September)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta â Robert Brett (until October 29) then William Egbert
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Walter Cameron Nichol
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â James Albert Manning Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â William Frederick Todd
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â MacCallum Grant (until January 12) then James Robson Douglas (January 12 to September 14) then James Cranswick Tory
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Henry Cockshutt
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Frank Richard Heartz
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Narcisse Pérodeau
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan â Henry William Newlands
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta â Herbert Greenfield (until November 23) then John Edward Brownlee
- Premier of British Columbia â John Oliver
- Premier of Manitoba â John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick â Peter Veniot (until September 14) then John Baxter
- Premier of Nova Scotia â Ernest Howard Armstrong (until July 16) then Edgar Nelson Rhodes
- Premier of Ontario â George Howard Ferguson
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â James D. Stewart
- Premier of Quebec â Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan â Charles Avery Dunning
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Gold Commissioner of Yukon â George P. MacKenzie (until April 1) then Percy Reid
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories â William Wallace Cory
Events
- February 5 â Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.
- February 24 â The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.
- April 13 â Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland.
- May 28 â Roddick Gates unveiled in Montreal.
- June 2 â 1925 Saskatchewan general election: Charles Dunning's Liberals win a sixth consecutive majority
- June 10 â The United Church of Canada opens for services.
- June 11 â Coal miner William Davis was killed by police in the culmination of a long Cape Breton Island strike.
- June 23 â First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada.
- June 26 â A strike of miners in Drumheller, Alberta ends in violent confrontations.
- July 16 â Edgar Rhodes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Ernest Armstrong.
- September 14 â John Baxter becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Veniot
- October 29 â Federal election: Arthur Meighen's Conservatives win a plurality (116 seats), defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals (99 seats). However, King does not resign as prime minister; he will try to govern with a minority government with the support of smaller parties and independent MPs (30 seats)
- November 23 â John Brownlee becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
- The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, later the Royal Canadian Legion, is formed by the amalgamation of several veterans' organizations, such as the Great War Veterans Association.
- The federal divorce law was changed to allow a woman to divorce her husband on the same grounds that a man could divorce his wife â simple adultery. Before this, a woman had to prove adultery in conjunction with other acts such as "sodomy" or bestiality in order to initiate a divorce.[2]
Arts and literature
- October 1 â The Vancouver School of Applied and Decorative Arts opened its doors.
Sport
- March 23 and 25 â The South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Aura Lee 7 to 3 in a 2-game aggregate played in Arena Gardens in Toronto
- March 30 â The Western Canada Hockey League's Victoria Cougars win their only Stanley Cup by defeating the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1. The deciding game was played at Vancouver's Denman Arena. The Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup, as they would soon become the Detroit Red Wings
- December 5 â The Ottawa Senators win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 24 to 1 in the 13th Grey Cup played at Ottawa's Lansdowne Park
Births
January to June
- January 26 â Claude Ryan, politician (d. 2004)
- February 1 â Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon (d. 1997)
- February 7 â Hans Schmidt, professional wrestler (d. 2012)
- March 2 â Bernard Jean, lawyer and politician, member (1960â1970) and Speaker (1963â1966) of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (d. 2012)
- March 23 â Wilson Duff, anthropologist (d. 1976)
- March 25 â Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (d. 2000)
- March 26 â Ben Mondor, baseball executive (Pawtucket Red Sox) (d. 2010)
- April 1 â Tobie Steinhouse, artist
- April 4 â Claude Wagner, judge and politician (d. 1979)
- April 11 â Pierre Péladeau, businessman (d. 1997)
- May 18 â Robin Blaser, author and poet (d. 2009)
July to September
- July 21 â Johnny Peirson, ice hockey player (d. 2021)
- July 25 â Charmion King, actress (d. 2007)
- July 29 â Ted Lindsay, ice hockey player (d. 2019)
- August 2 â William Andres, politician (d. 2010)
- August 11 â Floyd Curry, ice hockey player (d. 2006)
- August 15 â Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist and composer (d. 2007)
- August 22 â Terry Donahue, female professional baseball player (d. 2019)
- September 4 â Calvin Ruck, anti-racism activist and Senator (d. 2004)
- September 11 â Harry Somers, composer (d. 1999)
- September 24 â Dan Heap, politician (d. 2014)
October to December
- October 2 â Wren Blair, hockey coach and manager (Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins) (d. 2013)
- October 6 â Bud Olson, politician, Minister and Senator (d. 2002)
- October 12 â Denis Lazure, politician (d. 2008)
- October 21 â Peter Dickinson, architect (d. 1961)
- October 21 â Louis Robichaud, lawyer, politician and 25th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 2005)
- November 8 â Allan Lawrence, politician and Minister (d. 2008)
- November 10 â Doris Anderson, author, journalist and women's rights activist (d. 2007)
- November 12 â Agnes Nanogak, illustrator (d. 2001)
- December 5 â Dave Broadfoot, comedian (d. 2016)
- December 25 â Robert Layton, politician (d. 2002)
- December 29 â Colleen Thibaudeau, poet and short-story writer (d. 2012)
Deaths
January to June
- January 25 â Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (b. 1845)
- March 3 â William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1850)
- March 16 â Richard Butler, editor, publisher, journalist and U.S. vice-consul (b. 1834)
- May 4 â James Cunningham, merchant and politician (b. 1834)
- May 25 â Margaret Mick, prison guard, first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty (b. 1860)
- June 18 â William Brymner, art teacher and painter (b. 1855)
July to December
- August 15 â Adam Beck, politician and hydro-electricity advocate (b. 1857)
- September 6 â George Henry Bradbury, politician (b. 1859)
- November 2 â James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (b. 1854)