1934_in_canada

See also: 1933 in Canada, other events of 1934, 1935 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office
• June 19 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn\'s Liberals win a majority, defeating George S. Henry\'s Conservatives
• June 19 - 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 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 formed

Births

• January 3 – Yves Gaucher, artist
• January 11 – Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister
• January 16 – Judy Erola, broadcaster and politician
• January 19 – Lloyd Robertson, TV news anchor
• January 23 – Pierre Bourgault, Quebec sovereigntist
• February 5 – Don Cherry, ice hockey coach/commentator
• February 8 – Philip Seeman, scientist
• March 7 – Douglas Cardinal, actor
• March 9 – Marlene Streit, golfer
• March 16 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General
• March 24 – Alice Whitty, high jumper
• May 28 – The Dionne quintuplets are born
• June 22 – Willie Adams, politician
• June 25 – Théodore Jean Arcand, diplomat
• June 27 – Norman Kempton Atkins, Senator
• July 13 – Peter Gzowski, broadcaster
• July 17 – Donald Sutherland, actor
• July 27 – James Elder, jockey
• August 11 – Abrams twins, Lillian and Dorothy
• September 19 Clarence Keith Harten, Greatest Dad
• September 21 – Leonard Cohen, musician
• October 1 - Margaret McCain, philanthropist
• October 4 - Rudy Wiebe, writer
• November 21 - Howard Pawley, Manitoba Premier
• November 26 - Conrad Santos, Manitoba politician
• November 30 - Marcel Prud\'homme, politician

Deaths

• July 28 - Marie Dressler, actor
• November 10 - Sir Donald Mann, railway entrepreneur

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