1955 in Canada

none April 2026 July 2019 1955 Events from the year 1955 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 4 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – Vincent MasseyLentz Harris M. Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 4 February 2014 Routledge 978-1-134-26490-2 142 https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 en Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent Chief Justice of Canada – Patrick Kerwin (Ontario) Parliament – 22nd Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John J. Bowlen Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Clarence Wallace (until October 3) then Frank Mackenzie Ross Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Stewart McDiarmid Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Leonard Outerbridge Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alistair Fraser Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Louis Orville Breithaupt Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas William Lemuel Prowse Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gaspard Fauteux Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell Premier of New Brunswick – Hugh John Flemming Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood Premier of Nova Scotia – Henry Hicks Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alex Matheson Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Wilfred George Brown (until June 8) then Frederick Howard Collins Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Robert Gordon Robertson Events January 7 – The first television broadcast of the opening of parliament February 1 – The Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank February 23 - Military exercise Operation Bulldog III in Yellowknife. March 17- Richard Riot April 2 – The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens. June 9 – 1955 Ontario general election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority June 29 – 1955 Alberta general election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority. July 11 – Seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple in Banff National Park. Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway Arts and literature New books Gabrielle Roy: Rue Deschambault Awards See 1955 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Robertson Davies, Leaven of Malice Music Glenn Gould's first recording of the Goldberg Variations is made. Sport March 13 – In an NHL game in Boston, Hal Laycoe cuts Maurice Richard with a high stick. After the whistle, Richard repeatedly bludgeons Laycoe, then punches linesman Cliff Thompson unconscious. March 17 – The Richard Riot erupts in Montreal after the NHL suspends Maurice Richard for the remainder of the season. April 14 – The Detroit Red Wings win their seventh (and last until 1997) Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3. April 29 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros win their second (and first since 1929) Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 1. All games were played at Regina Exhibition Stadium November 26 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their second (consecutive) Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes by the score of 34 to 19 in the 43rd Grey Cup played at Empire Stadium in Vancouver The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created. Births thumb|right|150px|Eva Aariak January to June January 1 – Precious, wrestler and manager January 4 – John Nunziata, politician January 6 – Alex Forsyth, ice hockey player January 8 – Joan Kingston, nurse, educator, and politician January 10 - Eva Aariak, politician, and 2nd Premier of Nunavut January 28 – Odette Lapierre, long-distance runner February 23 – Jerry Holland, fiddler February 25 – Camille Thériault, politician and 29th Premier of New Brunswick February 27 – MaryAnn Mihychuk, politician March 16 – Andy Scott, politician and Minister April 6 – Cathy Jones, comedian and writer April 25 – Jane Stewart, politician and Minister May 10 – Robert Woodbury, Canadian former sailor athleteOlympics 18 September 2011 http://olympic.ca/team-canada/rob-woodbury/ Canadian Olympic Committee 2 January 2014 May 12 – Yvon Godin, politician May 14 – Marie Chouinard, dancer, choreographer and dance company director June 14 – Joe Preston, politician June 16 – J. Jill Robinson, writer July to December thumb|right|150px|Dalton McGuinty July 7 – Gord Mackintosh, politician July 13 – Hubert Lacroix, lawyer and President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation July 17 – Geneviève Cadieux, artist July 19 – Dalton McGuinty, lawyer, politician and 24th Premier of Ontario August 6 – Gilles Bernier, politician August 12 – Tooker Gomberg, politician and environmental activist (d. 2004) August 19 – Bev Desjarlais, politician August 31 – Sidney McKnight, boxer thumb|right|150px|Stéphane Dion thumb|199x199px|John Kricfalusi September 9 - John Kricfalusi, animator and voice actor September 28 – Stéphane Dion, politician and Minister October 12 – Jane Siberry (Issa), singer-songwriter October 30 — Jim Hart, Reform Member of Parliament November 4 – Rodger Cuzner, politician November 10 – Ken Holland, ice hockey player November 11 – Teri York, diverTeri YORK - Olympic Diving Canada https://www.olympic.org/teri-york International Olympic Committee 14 July 2019 en 15 June 2016 November 29 — Howie Mandel, actor, comedian and producer December 13 – Pat Martin, politician Full date unknown Vatche Arslanian, Canadian Red Cross worker, killed in Iraq (d. 2003) Kim Morrissey, poet and playwright Deaths April 24 – Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor (b. 1876) April 26 – Lyman Duff, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1865) May 10 – Tommy Burns, only Canadian born world heavyweight champion boxer (b. 1881) June 16 – Ozias Leduc, painter (b. 1864) August 5 – Izaak Walton Killam, financier (b. 1885) August 7 – Alexander Stirling MacMillan, businessman, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1871) October 1 – Charles Christie, motion picture studio owner (b. 1880) See also 1955 in Canadian television List of Canadian films References 1955 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada