1930 in Canada
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Events from the year 1930 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
- Prime Minister â William Lyon Mackenzie King (until August 7) then Richard B. Bennett
- Chief Justice â Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario)
- Parliament â 16th (until 30 May) then 17th (from 8 September)
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 James Duncan McGregor
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Hugh Havelock McLean
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â James Cranswick Tory (until November 19) then Frank Stanfield
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â William Donald Ross
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Frank Richard Heartz (until November 19) then Charles Dalton
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Henry George Carroll
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan â Henry William Newlands
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta â John Edward Brownlee
- Premier of British Columbia â Simon Fraser Tolmie
- Premier of Manitoba â John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick â John Baxter
- Premier of Nova Scotia â Edgar Nelson Rhodes (until August 11) then Gordon Sidney Harrington
- Premier of Ontario â George Howard Ferguson (until December 15) then George Stewart Henry
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â Albert Charles Saunders (until May 20) then Walter Lea
- Premier of Quebec â Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan â James Thomas Milton Anderson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
- February 15 â Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator
- May 20 â Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Albert Saunders
- June 19 â 1930 Alberta general election: Premier John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a third consecutive majority
- June 22 â Statue of Jean Vauquelin unveiled in Montreal's Vauquelin Square
- June 29 â Eight Jesuit martyrs become the first Canadian saints
- July 1 â The Seigniory Club, later to become the Château Montebello hotel, opens in Montebello, Quebec
- June 26 â John B. King Explosion
- July 28 â Federal election: R.B. Bennett's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals
- August 7 â R.B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister, replacing Mackenzie King
- August 11 â Gordon Harrington becomes Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Edgar Rhodes
- October 18 â Robert Burns Memorial (Montreal) unveiled
- November 12 â Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
- December 15 â George Henry becomes Premier of Ontario, replacing Howard Ferguson
Arts and literature
- January 6 â An early literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works.
Sport
- March 29 â The South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats win their third Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's West Toronto Nationals 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
- April 3 â The Montreal Canadiens win their third Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 2 games to 0. The deciding game was played at the Montreal Forum
- May 14 â Winnipeg Rugby Club (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) are established
- August 16â23 â The British Empire Games take place in Hamilton.[2]
- December 6 â The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers win their second Grey Cup, defeating the Regina Roughriders 11 to 6 in the 18th Grey Cup, played at Varsity Stadium
Births
January to March
- January 4 â Herbert O. Sparrow, politician (d. 2012)
- January 7 â Clement Bowman, chemical engineer (d. 2021)
- January 11 â Harold Greenberg, film producer (d. 1996)
- January 12 â Tim Horton, ice hockey player and businessman (d. 1974)
- January 14 â Kenny Wheeler, composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
- January 23 â Georges Massicotte, politician (d. 2020)[3]
- January 24 â Felix Cappella, race walker (d. 2011)
- February 6 â Allan King, film director (d. 2009)
- February 12 â Daniel Hyatt, actor (d. 2015)
- March 11 â Claude Jutra, actor, film director and writer (d. 1986)
- March 13 â Sue Johanson, Canadian sex educator and TV personality (d. 2023)
April to June
- April 2 â Don Hall, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
- April 24 â Ãtienne Gaboury, architect (d. 2022)
- April 28 â Charles Caccia, politician (d. 2008)
- April 29 â Ben Hanuschak, politician
- April 30 â Jackie McLeod, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
- May 9 â Muriel Smith, politician
- May 24 â Robert Bateman, naturalist and painter
- May 26 â Lorne Ferguson, ice hockey player (d. 2008)
- May 29 -
- Roy Bonisteel, journalist and television host
- Lawrence Heisey, businessman
- June 17 â Rosemary Brown, politician (d. 2003)
- June 19 â John Lynch-Staunton, Senator
July to December
- July 6 â George Armstrong, ice hockey player (d. 2021)
- July 10 â Bruce Boa, actor (d. 2004)
- July 12 â Gordon Pinsent, actor (d. 2023)
- July 14 â Arthur Irving, businessman (d. 2024)
- July 15 â Richard Garneau, sports journalist (d. 2013)
- July 22 â Dinny Flanagan, ice hockey player (d. 2018)
- July 25 â Maureen Forrester, opera singer (d. 2010)
- August 9
- Jacques Parizeau, economist, politician and 26th Premier of Quebec
- Larry Regan, ice hockey player, coach and manager (d.2009)
- September 18 â John Tolos, wrestler and wrestling manager (d.2009)
- September 21 â John Morgan, comedian (d.2004)
- October 2 â Dave Barrett, politician and 26th Premier of British Columbia
- October 24 â Micheline Beauchemin, textile artist and weaver
- October 29 â André Bernier, politician
- October 30 â Timothy Findley, novelist and playwright (d.2002)
- December 1 â Jim Anderson, ice hockey player (Springfield Indians) and coach (Washington Capitals) (d.2013)
Full date unknown
Deaths
- February â Levi Addison Ault, businessman and naturalist (b. 1851)
- February 28 â George Boyce, politician (b. 1848)
- April 3 â Emma Albani, soprano (b. 1847)
- June 19 â John Mackenzie Moore, Canadian architect (b. 1857)[4]
- July 19 â David Bonis, politician
- August 3 â James Alexander Anderson, politician
- November 16 â William James Topley, photographer (b. 1845)
- December 9 â Laura Muntz Lyall, painter (b. 1860)
- November 21 â Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune, Canadian writer, linguist and Catholic priest (b. 1855)
