1922 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1922 Events from the year 1922 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 – Julian Byng Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King Chief Justice – Louis Henry Davies (Prince Edward Island) Parliament – 14th (from 8 March) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Cameron Nichol Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William Pugsley Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Henry Cockshutt Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Murdock MacKinnon Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Fitzpatrick Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Henry William Newlands Premiers Premier of Alberta – Herbert Greenfield Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris (until August 8) then John Bracken Premier of New Brunswick – Walter Foster Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – Ernest Drury Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Howatt Bell Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Premier of Saskatchewan – William Melville Martin (until April 5) then Charles Avery Dunning Territorial governments Commissioners Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory Events January 1 – British Columbia changes from driving on the left to the right January 11 – The world's first insulin treatment is made at the Toronto General Hospital. The successful technique would later win a Nobel Prize for its creators, Frederick Banting and Charles Best. April 5 – Charles Dunning becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Martin May 3 – The women of Prince Edward Island win the right to vote July – Rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch, Lethbridge, Alberta August 8 – John Bracken becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Tobias Norris September 15 – Prime Minister Mackenzie King refuses to support the British in the Chanak Affair, asserting foreign policy independence for the first time October 9 – Prairie Bible College opens with eight students in Three Hills, Alberta October 22 – Dante Monument unveiled in Montreal December 1 – New Brunswick changes from driving on the left to the right December 5 – The land around Vimy Ridge is given to Canada by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during World War I Full date unknown Montreal Clock Tower completed The first licences for private commercial radio stations are issuedhttp://cbc.radio-canada.ca/history/1920-1939_details.shtml CBC/Radio-Canada – Our History – 1920–1939 CBC.ca 2012-03-04 2012-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20120301080716/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/history/1920-1939_details.shtml dead Sport March 20–22 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Fort William War Veterans win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 8 to 7 in a two-game aggregate played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg March 28 – The NHL's Toronto St. Pats win their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2. The deciding game was played at Toronto's Arena Gardens December 2 – Queen's University win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Elks 13 to 1 in the 10th Grey Cup played at Kingston's Richardson Memorial Stadium Arts and literature Nanook of the North is released, the first film to be called a documentary Births January to June January 21 Lincoln Alexander, politician and 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 2012) Rhoda Wurtele and Rhona Wurtele (d. 2020), skiers February 13 – Fred E. Soucy, politician (d. 1993) February 18 – J. Keith Fraser, physical geographer February 25 Molly Bobak, teacher, writer, printmaker and painter (d. 2015) Molly Reilly, aviator (d. 1980) April 3 – Maurice Riel, senator (d. 2007) April 7 – Nancy Mackay, athlete (d. 2016) April 24 – Philip Givens, politician, judge and Mayor of Toronto (d. 1995) April 26 – Jeanne Sauvé, politician and first female Governor General of Canada (d. 1993)Jeanne Sauvé The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 29 January 2021 April 28 – Daryl Seaman, businessman (d. 2009) May 2 – Alastair Gillespie, businessman and politician (d. 2018) May 2 – A. M. Rosenthal, columnist and newspaper editor (d. 2006) May 3 – Jeanne Landry, composer, pianist and teacher (d. 2011) May 26 – Lorraine Monk, photographer (d. 2020) June 9 – Fernand Seguin, biochemist, professor and television host (d. 1988) June 11 – Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (d. 1982) June 22 – Richard Vollenweider, limnologist (d. 2007) July to September July 1 – Derek Riley, rower (d. 2018) July 5 – Doris Margaret Anderson, nutritionist and politician (d. 2022) July 13 – Ken Mosdell, ice hockey player (d. 2006) July 14 Bill Millin, piper (d. 2010) Gerald Myrden, businessman (d. 2016) July 16 – Augustin Brassard, politician (d. 1971) July 18 – Harry Kermode, basketball player (d. 2009) July 23 – Jenny Pike, WWII servicewoman and photographer (d. 2004) July 30 – Jack McClelland, publisher (d. 2004) August 7 – Helmut Kallmann, historian (d. 2012) August 11 – Mavis Gallant, writer (d. 2014) August 24 – René Lévesque, politician, Minister and 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) September 1 – Yvonne De Carlo, actress, dancer and singer (d. 2007) September 3 – Salli Terri, singer, arranger, recording artist and songwriter (d. 1996) September 16 – Alex Barris, actor and writer (d. 2004) October to December October 9 – Léon Dion, political scientist (d. 1997) October 17 – Pierre Juneau, politician and film and broadcast executive (d. 2012) November 12 – Charlotte MacLeod, writer (d. 2005) December 3 – Muriel Millard, actress, dancer, painter, singer-songwriter (d. 2014) December 11 – Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (d. 1992) December 22 – Percy Smith, barrister, lawyer and politician (d. 2009) December 25 – Steve Wochy, ice hockey player Full date unknown Milt Harradence, lawyer, pilot, politician and judge (d. 2008) Hilda Watson, leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (d. 1997) Deaths January 26 – Robert Beith, politician (b. 1843) February 4 – Joe Fortes, lifeguard (b. 1863) April 12 – Robert Boston, politician (b. 1836) May 23 – Robert Franklin Sutherland, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1859) July 22 – Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist (b. 1861) August 2 – Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone (b. 1847) December 3 – William Proudfoot, politician and barrister (b. 1859) See also List of Canadian films References 2 1922 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Category:1922 in North America