Canada-related events during the year of 1934
Events from the year 1934 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
Sport
Births
January to March
Jean Chrétien
January 3 -
Yves Gaucher , artist (d.
2000 )
January 7 -
Jean Corbeil , politician (d.
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 )
February 5 -
Don Cherry , ice hockey player, coach and commentator
February 8 -
Philip Seeman , schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist (d.
2021 )
February 22 -
Victor M. Power , politician (d.
2024 )
March 7 -
Douglas Cardinal , architect
March 9 -
Marlene Streit , golfer
March 16 -
Ray Hnatyshyn , politician and 24th
Governor General of Canada (d.
2002 )
March 24 -
Alice Whitty , high jumper (d.
2017 )
April to June
July to September
Leonard Cohen in 2008
August 16 -
Douglas Kirkland , Canadian-born American photographer (d.
2022 in the United States )
[3]
August 22 -
Ralph Mellanby , sportscaster and television producer (d.
2022 )
[4]
August 27 -
Reggie Parks , wrestler and engraver (d.
2021 )
[5]
August 31 -
Herb Epp , politician, MPP of the
Ontario Legislature for
Waterloo North (1977–1990) (d.
2013 )
September 2 -
Donald B. Redford , archaeologist
September 11 -
Oliver Jones , jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger
September 21 -
Leonard Cohen , singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d.
2016 )
September 25 -
Ronald Lou-Poy , lawyer and community leader (d.
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 )
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 )
November 26 -
Conrad Santos , politician (d.
2016 )
November 30 -
Marcel Prud'homme , politician and Senator (d.
2017 )
December 11 -
Mike Nykoluk , ice hockey player and coach (d.
2022 )
December 25 -
Peter Trueman , journalist and news presenter (d.
2021 )
Deaths
Historical documents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"
[6]
Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stability
[7]
Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but
C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation
[8]
Bill introduced to create
Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans
[9]
Newfoundland goes under
rule by commission "until the
credit of the country has been restored"
[10]
P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits"
[11]
Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries
[12]
P.E.I. merchant finds
1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in
Halifax
[13]
Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for
German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in
Germany and
Poland
[14]
MP
Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization"
[15]
Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws
[16]
Agriculture deputy minister tells Senate committee how Prairie
grasshopper losses as high as 60% will be reduced to less than 10%
[17]
"Officials and supporters of the
Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast
[18]
Quebec
dairy farmer tells Senate committee why he only breaks even and what causes Montreal milk middlemen to lose money
[19]
Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief
[20]
"Preparation of a
cavity for an Indian is exactly the same as for anyone else" -
Dentist explains cost realities at
Mohawk Institute Residential School
[21]
Indigenous art (described in
past tense as it is "rapidly passing away") can be reinvigorated if promoted to tourists
[22]
References
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"King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
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Fonds paa-6552 - Fred Stewart fonds
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Douglas Kirkland, Hollywood Photographer, Dies at 88
^
Ralph Mellanby, hockey broadcast icon, dead at 87
^
REGGIE PARKS: WRESTLER TO BELT MAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE
^
Testimony of G.G. McGeer (May 1, 1934), Proceedings of Select Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Banking and Commerce, pg. 687. Accessed 23 October 2020
^ C.R. Blackburn,
"Steady Recovery Is Gov't Policy(...); Hard Work And Thrift Only Means Of Lasting Recovery Claims Premier Bennett" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 6, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ Canadian Press,
"25,679 Decrease In Families On Relief Payments" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 2, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ Canadian Press,
"Ottawa Moves to Form Central Bank" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 23, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 (See also
Bank of Canada act preamble for purposes of bank)
^ Canadian Press,
"Newfoundland Loses Self-Gov't Today" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 16, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ Canadian Press,
"Maritimes Doing All In Their Power To Cut Expenditures" The Charlottetown Guardian (January 15, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ Canadian Press,
"Marketing Bill Shown Essential To Recovery Of Maritime Fisheries" The Charlottetown Guardian (April 27, 1934), pgs. 1, 8. Accessed 5 June 2020
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"Empire Trade a Great Boon to Halifax" The Charlottetown Guardian (January 10, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
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"Canadian Congress Will Launch Relief Campaign for Striken Jewry" Jewish Western Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 9 (Vancouver, May 31, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie,
"Questions; German Consul-General in Canada" (February 28, 1934), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 1028-9. Accessed 5 June 2020
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"Drastic Wheat Control Law For Emergencies" Regina Leader-Post (March 14, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
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"Minutes of Evidence" (March 14, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 4-8. Accessed 6 October 2020
^
The Canadian Wheat Pools On the Air; A Series of Radio Messages (1935). Accessed 5 June 2020
^
"Minutes of Evidence" (March 21, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 21-4. Accessed 6 October 2020
^ Canadian Press,
"Sweatshop Conditions Pictured" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 28, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ Letter of F.W. Landymore to Department of Indian Affairs (May 18, 1934), National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives. Accessed 9 September 2021
https://archives.nctr.ca/R00009870 (click on Master file PDF)
^ H.E.M. Chisholm,
"Native Canadian Arts and Handicrafts and Their Relation to the Tourist Trade" Proceedings of the [Senate] Special Committee on Tourist Traffic, pgs. 187-90. Accessed 6 October 2020
1934 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories