1913 in Canada

none April 2026 February 2020 1913 Events from the year 1913 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – George VKing George V The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/king-george-v www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 4 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prime Minister – Robert Borden Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec) Parliament – 12th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George H. V. Bulyea Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Douglas Cameron Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Josiah Wood Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Drummond McGregor Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Morison Gibson Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Benjamin Rogers Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – François Langelier Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – George William Brown Premiers Premier of Alberta – Arthur Sifton Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – James Kidd Flemming Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – James Whitney Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Alexander Mathieson Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – George Black Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White Events March 27 – Le Droit first published in French April 17 – 1913 Alberta general election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority June 2 – The High Level Bridge (Edmonton) opens, with two lanes of traffic on the lower deck, and two streetcar tracks and one CPR track on the upper deck November 7 – November 8 – A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships November 17 – The National Transcontinental Railway is completed Sport March 1 – The Quebec Bulldogs win their second Stanley Cup. March 7 – The Victoria Senators win their first Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship. November 29 – The Hamilton Tigers win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 44 to 2 in the 5th Grey Cup played at Hamilton, Ontario's A.A.A. Grounds. Unknown - The Winnipeg Hockey Club defeats the Edmonton Eskimos to win the 1913 Allan Cup. Unknown date June – Start of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916 a scientific expedition in the Arctic Circle organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Laura Secord Chocolates opens Arts and literature New Books Maria Chapdelaine Births January to June January 13 – Philip Gaglardi, politician (d. 1995) March 11 – John Weinzweig, composer (d. 2006) March 24 – Émile Benoît, musician (d. 1992) April 4 – Jules Léger, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)Lentz Harris M. Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 4 February 2014 Routledge 978-1-134-26490-2 143 https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 en April 24 – Violet Archer, composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (d. 2000) April 30 – Edith Fowke, folk song collector, author and radio presenter (d. 1996) May 15 – John Duffie, writer (d. 1989) May 27 – James Page Mackey, chief of Toronto Police Service (d. 2009) June 12 – Jean Victor Allard, general and first French-Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff (d. 1996) June 14 – Joe Morris, trade unionist and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (d. 1996) June 18 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, heart surgeon (d. 2005) July to December July 6 – J. Carson Mark, mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (d. 1997) July 16 – Woodrow Stanley Lloyd, politician and 8th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 1972) August 28 Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (d. 1995) Rose Goldblatt, administrator, pianist and teacher (d. 1997) September 20 – Robert Christie, actor and director (d. 1996) October 5 – Horace Gwynne, boxer and Olympic gold medalist (d. 2001) November 7 – Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, portrait sculptor (d. 2009) November 8 – June Havoc, actress, dancer, writer, and theater director (d. 2010) November 16 – Dora de Pedery-Hunt, sculptor and coin and medal designer (d. 2008) November 21 – Stewart McLean, politician (d. 1996) December 7 – Donald C. MacDonald, politician (d. 2008) December 9 – Cynthia Chalk, photographer (d. 2018) December 12 – Clint Smith, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2009) December 16 – George Ignatieff, diplomat (d. 1989) December 23 – Frank Pierpoint Appleby, politician (d. 2015) December 27 – Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist (d. 1986) Deaths March 7 – Pauline Johnson, poet, writer and performer (b. 1861) April 12 – Alexander Francis Macdonald, politician (b. 1818) April 23 – Richard William Scott, politician and Minister (b. 1826) May 4 – John M. Baillie, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (b. 1847) July 15 – Hugh Richardson, jurist (b. 1826) See also List of Canadian films References 1913 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Canada