1927 in Canada
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Events from the year 1927 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta â William Egbert
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Robert Randolph Bruce
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â Theodore Arthur Burrows
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â William Frederick Todd
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â James Cranswick Tory
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Henry Cockshutt (until January 12) then William Donald Ross
- 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 John Edward Brownlee
- Premier of British Columbia â John Oliver (until August 17) then John Duncan MacLean (from August 20)
- Premier of Manitoba â John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick â John Baxter
- Premier of Nova Scotia â Edgar Nelson Rhodes
- Premier of Ontario â George Howard Ferguson
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â James D. Stewart (until August 12) then Albert Charles Saunders
- Premier of Quebec â Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan â James Garfield Gardiner
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Gold Commissioner of Yukon â Percy Reid (until November 13) then George A. Jeckell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories â William Wallace Cory
Events
- January 5 â The National Museum of Canada is created.
- January 9 â 76 people are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal.
- March 1 â The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.
- May 28 â The Old Age Pensions Act is introduced.
- July 1 â Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country radio broadcast.
- August 6 â Toronto Union Station is officially opened, by Prince Edward, Prince of Wales.
- August 12 â Albert Saunders becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart.
- August 17 â John Oliver, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office.
- August 20 â John Duncan MacLean becomes premier of British Columbia.
- September 21 â Ten Canadian Pacific Railway cars carrying a valuable cargo of silk goes off the rails near Yale, British Columbia. Five of the cars land in the Fraser River.
- October 4 â Worthington mine disaster occurs.
- October 11 â Richard Bedford Bennett, becomes leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Arts and literature
- Mazo de la Roche publishes Jalna
- December 5 â The National Gallery of Canada opened an exhibit featuring the work of Emily Carr, bringing her out of obscurity.
Science and technology
- Canadian anthropologist Davidson Black discovered a fossil molar of Peking Man in a cave near Beijing, China
- Wallace Rupert Turnbull tested the second design of his variable-pitch propeller, a key development in aviation
Sport
- February 14 â Conn Smythe takes control of the Toronto St. Patricks and renames them to the Toronto Maple Leafs
- March 28 â Ontario Hockey Association's Owen Sound Greys win their second Memorial Cup by defeating Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League's Port Arthur West Ends 2 game to 0. All games were played at Arena Gardens in Toronto
- April 13 â Ottawa Senators win their 11th and final Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 2 game to 0 (with 2 ties). The deciding game was played at the Ottawa Auditorium
- November 26 â Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tigers 9 to 6 in the 15th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
Births
January to March
- January 1
- Calum MacKay, ice hockey player (d. 2001)
- Jean-Paul Mousseau, artist (d. 1991)
- January 4 â Paul Desmarais, financier (d. 2013)
- January 6 â John W. Grace, first Privacy Commissioner of Canada (d. 2009)
- January 10 â Gisele MacKenzie, singer (d. 2003)
- January 17 â Stan Roberts, politician (d. 1990)
- January 24 â Phyllis Lambert, architect and philanthropist
- January 25 â Gildas Molgat, politician (d. 2001)
- January 28 â Sheila Finestone, politician and Senator (d. 2009)
- January 29 â Lewis Urry, chemical engineer and inventor (d. 2004)
- January 30 â Sterling Lyon, politician and 17th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)
- February 11 â Sinclair Stevens, politician (d. 2016)
- March 3 â William Kurelek, artist and writer (d. 1977)
- March 9 â John Beckwith, composer, writer, pianist, teacher and administrator (d. 2022)
- March 25 â Bill Barilko, ice hockey player (d. 1951)
- March 27 â Eugène Philippe LaRocque, Roman Catholic priest (d. 2018)
- March 28 â Fernande Saint-Martin, art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer (d. 2019)
April to June
- April 6
- E. K. Turner, businessman and educator (d. 2018)
- Dorothy Knowles, artist (d. 2023)
- April 8
- Phyllis Webb, poet and broadcaster (d. 2021)
- Lois Miriam Wilson, first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada and Senator (d. 2024)
- April 13 â Ronald Stewart, businessman and politician (d. 2022)
- April 25 â Frances Hyland, actress (d. 2004)
- May 2 â Budge Wilson, writer (d. 2021)
- May 5 â Sylvia Fedoruk, scientist, curler and Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d. 2012)
- May 14 â Frank Miller, politician and 19th Premier of Ontario (d. 2000)
- June 3 â George Hislop, gay activist (d. 2005)
- June 17 â Jean Robert Beaulé, politician (d. 2005)
- June 24 â Fernand Dumont, sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet (d. 1997)
- June 25 â Nora McDermott basketball player, volleyball player, coach and physical education teacher (d. 2013)
- June 26 â Robert Kroetsch, novelist, poet and non-fiction writer (d. 2011)
- June 29
- Marie Thérèse Killens, politician
- Viola Myers, sprinter (d. 1993)
- Pierre Savard, politician
July to December
- July 2 â Fern Villeneuve, aviator (d. 2019)
- July 18 â Keith MacDonald, politician (d. 2021)
- July 20 â Jack Horner, politician and Minister (d. 2004)
- July 21 â Hal Hatfield, football player
- August 17 â John Alan Beesley, diplomat and civil servant (d. 2009)
- September 1 â Chuck Dalton, basketball player, member of Olympic team (1952) (d. 2013)
- September 7 â Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- October 3 â Kenojuak Ashevak, artist (d. 2013)
- October 14 â Elmer Iseler, choir conductor and choral editor (d. 1998)
- October 15 â Peter Pollen, politician (d. 2017)
- November 3 â Harrison McCain, businessman (d. 2004)
- November 8 â Peter Munk, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2018)
- November 10
- Gerry Glaude, professional ice hockey defenceman (d. 2017)
- Joyce Trimmer, politician and first female mayor of Scarborough, Ontario (d. 2008)
- November 17 â Nicholas Taylor, geologist, businessman, politician and Senator (d. 2020)
- November 18 â Knowlton Nash, journalist, author and television news anchor (d. 2014)
- November 26 â Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer Mr. Dressup (d. 2001)
- November 30 â Tod Sloan, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
- December 6 â Marcel Pelletier, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
- December 7 â Grant Strate, dancer, choreographer and academic (d. 2015)
- December 18 â Roméo LeBlanc, politician and 25th Governor General of Canada (d. 2009)
- December 24 â Geoffrey Pearson, diplomat (d. 2008)
Deaths
January to June
- January 24 â Agnes Maule Machar, author (b. 1837)
- February 10 â James Kidd Flemming, businessman, politician and 13th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1868)
- March 8 â James Fisher, politician (b. 1840)
- March 16 â Robert Bond, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b. 1857)
- March 30 â Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (b. 1855)
- June 3 â Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
- June 7 â Edmund James Flynn, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)
July to December
- August 17 â John Oliver, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b. 1856)
- November 2 â Charles Augustus Semlin, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b. 1836)
- November 5 â Jérémie-Louis Décarie, judge and lawyer (b. 1870)
- December 21 â Félix Gatineau, statesman (b. 1857)
- December 31 â William Warren, lawyer, politician, judge and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b. 1879)