Incumbents
Crown
* List of Canadian monarchs, Monarch – George V of the United Kingdom, George VFederal government
* Governor General of Canada, Governor General – Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough * Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister – Richard Bedford Bennett * Chief Justice of Canada, Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia) * Parliament of Canada, Parliament – 17th Canadian Parliament, 17thProvincial governments
Lieutenant governors
*Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Legh Walsh *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John William Fordham Johnson *Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Duncan McGregor (until December 1) then William Johnston Tupper *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hugh Havelock McLean *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Walter Harold Covert *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Herbert Alexander Bruce *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George Des Brisay de Blois *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Henry George Carroll (until April 29) then Esioff-Léon Patenaude *Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin MunroePremiers
*Premier of Alberta – John Edward Brownlee (until July 10) then Richard Gavin Reid *Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, Duff Pattullo *Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken *Premier of New Brunswick – Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley, Leonard Tilley *Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald *Premier of Ontario – George Stewart Henry (until July 10) then Mitchell Hepburn *Premier of Prince Edward Island – William J. P. MacMillan *Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau *Premier of Saskatchewan – James Thomas Milton Anderson (until July 19) then James Garfield GardinerTerritorial governments
Commissioners
* Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Rowatt (until April 30) then Vacant (Roy A. Gibson acting)Events
*March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office *June 19 - 1934 Ontario general election, Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a majority, defeating George Stewart Henry, George S. Henry's Conservatives *June 19 - 1934 Saskatchewan general election, Saskatchewan election: James Garfield Gardiner's Liberals win a majority, defeating James T.M. Anderson's Conservative-led coalition government *July 3 - The Bank of Canada is formed *July 10 - Mitchell Hepburn becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Henry *July 10 - Richard G. Reid becomes premier of Alberta, replacing John Edward Brownlee, John Brownlee *July 19 - James Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan for the second time, replacing James Anderson *August 14 - John Sackville Labatt kidnapped *October 26 - Reconstruction Party of Canada formedSport
*February 14 – The Ace Bailey Benefit Game (forerunner of the annual National Hockey League All-Star Game) is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. *April 5 – The Ontario Hockey League, Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto St. Michael's Majors win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Edmonton Junior Hockey League's Edmonton Athletics 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg *November 24 – The Sarnia Imperials win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Roughriders 20 to 12 in the 22nd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity StadiumBirths
January to March
*January 3 - Yves Gaucher, artist (d. 2000 in Canada, 2000) *January 7 - Jean Corbeil, politician (d. 2002 in Canada, 2002) *January 11 - Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada *January 16 - Judy Erola, broadcaster and politician *January 19 - Lloyd Robertson, television news anchor and senior editor *January 23 - Pierre Bourgault, politician and essayist (d. 2003 in Canada, 2003) *February 5 - Don Cherry (ice hockey), Don Cherry, ice hockey player, coach and commentator *February 8 - Philip Seeman, schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist (d. 2021 in Canada, 2021) *March 7 - Douglas Cardinal, architect *March 9 - Marlene Streit, golfer *March 16 - Ray Hnatyshyn, politician and 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002 in Canada, 2002) *March 24 - Alice Whitty, high jumper (d. 2017 in Canada, 2017)April to June
*April 13 - John Muckler, ice hockey coach and executive (d. 2021 in Canada, 2021) *May 17 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist (d. 2009 in Canada, 2009) *May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy *June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic (d. 2016 in Canada, 2016) *June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d. 2003 in Canada, 2003) *June 22 **Willie Adams (politician), Willie Adams, politician and Senator **Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and former Senator (d. 2019 in Canada, 2019) *June 25 - Théodore Jean Arcand, diplomat (d. 2005 in Canada, 2005) *June 27 - Norman Atkins, businessman and Senator (d. 2010 in Canada, 2010) *June 30 - Aron Tager, Canadian actor (d. 2019 in Canada, 2019)July to September
*July 8 - Fred Stewart (Alberta politician), Fred Stewart, Alberta politician *July 12 - Mira Spivak, politician *July 13 - Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter (d. 2002 in Canada, 2002) *July 16 - Albert Aguayo, neurologist *July 19 - Larry Zolf, journalist (d. 2011 in Canada, 2011) *July 27 - Jim Elder, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist *August 16 - Douglas Kirkland, Canadian born American photographer (d. 2022 in the United States) *August 22 - Ralph Mellanby, sportscaster and television producer (d. 2022 in Canada, 2022) *August 27 - Reggie Parks, wrestler and engraver (d. 2021 in Canada, 2021) *August 31 - Herb Epp, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (19771990) (d. 2013 in Canada, 2013) *September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d. 2016 in Canada, 2016) *September 25 - Ronald Lou-Poy, lawyer and community leader (d. 2022 in Canada, 2022)October to December
*October 1 - Margaret McCain, philanthropist and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick *October 4 - Rudy Wiebe, author and professor *October 5 - Kenneth D. Taylor, diplomat involved in the Iran hostage crisis (d. 2015 in Canada, 2015) *November 6 - Barton Myers, American/Canadian architect *November 11 - Suzanne Lloyd, film and television actress *November 21 - Howard Pawley, politician, professor and 18th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2015 in Canada, 2015) *November 26 - Conrad Santos, politician (d. 2016 in Canada, 2016) *November 30 - Marcel Prud'homme, politician and Senator (d. 2017 in Canada, 2017) *December 11 - Mike Nykoluk, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022 in Canada, 2022) *December 25 - Peter Trueman, journalist and news presenter (d. 2021 in Canada, 2021)Deaths
*March 7 - John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Governor General of Canada (b. 1847 in Canada, 1847) *March 15 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist (b. 1884 in Canada, 1884) *April 17 - Frank S. Cahill, politician (b. 1876 in Canada, 1876) *July 28 - Marie Dressler, actress (b. 1868 in Canada, 1868) *September 1 – William Anderson Black, politician (b. 1847 in Canada, 1847) *October 4 - Henry Sproatt, architect (b. 1866 in Canada, 1866) *November 10 - Donald Mann, Sir Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b. 1853 in Canada, 1853)Historical documents
B.C. MLA Gerry McGeer says depression not "due to a reckless public" but businessmen who "expanded far beyond the needs of the time" R. B. Bennett#Confronting the Depression, Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stability Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but J. S. Woodsworth#Formation of the CCF, C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada#History, Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans Newfoundland goes under Newfoundland and Labrador#Commission of Government and Canadian Confederation, rule by commission "until the Newfoundland Commission of Government#Background, credit of the country has been restored" William J. P. MacMillan, P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits" Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries P.E.I. merchant finds British Empire Economic Conference, 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in History of Halifax (former city)#Interwar period, Halifax Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for Refugee#1933 (rise of Nazism) to 1944, German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses#National boycott, Germany and History of the Jews in Poland#Between antisemitism and support for Zionism and Jewish state in Palestine, Poland MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization" Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws Agriculture deputy minister tells Senate committee how Prairie Grasshopper#As pests, grasshopper losses as high as 60% will be reduced to less than 10% "Officials and supporters of the Wheat pools in Canada, Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast Quebec Dairy farming in Canada, dairy farmer tells Senate committee why he only breaks even and what causes Montreal milk middlemen to lose money Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief "Preparation of a Tooth decay, cavity for an Indian is exactly the same as for anyone else" - Dentist explains cost realities at Mohawk Institute Residential School Indigenous art (described in past tense as it is "rapidly passing away") can be reinvigorated if promoted to touristsH.E.M. ChisholmReferences
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