1939 in Canada

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Years:	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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Events from the year 1939 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Head of state (monarch) – King George VI (consort – Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon)

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick – Allison Dysart
Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis (until November 9) then Adélard Godbout
Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

May 17 - George VI and Queen Elizabeth begin their royal tour of Canada, eventually visiting every province.
September 3 - The Department of Labour establishes the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to control inflation
September 7 - Prime Minister Mackenzie King calls for a special session of Parliament, to discuss a declaration of war versus Nazi Germany. The session lasts until September 13.^[1]
September 10 - World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, one week after Britain does so
September 11 - World War II: Canada establishes a High Commission of Canada in Canberra, Australia. Australia reciprocates, the next day.^[2]
September 16 - World War II: The Royal Canadian Navy escorts the first of many transatlantic convoys
September 28 - World War II: Air training facilities are set up in Canada to train pilots from Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth.
October 25 - The Quebec election is won by the Liberals under Joseph-Adélard Godbout.
December 17 - World War II: The 1st Canadian Infantry Division lands in Scotland en route to England. The division is accompanied by a team of announcers and technicians, who set up Radio Canada's overseas service.
November 9 - Adélard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Maurice Duplessis

Year Long events

Canada rapidly expands its international presence by establishing High Commissions in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa.

Births

January to March

January 3 - Bobby Hull, ice hockey player
January 11 - Anne Heggtveit, alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist

Brian Mulroney

January 14 - Martha Gibson, actress
January 19 - Grant Notley, politician (d.1984)
February 3 - Ovid Jackson, politician
February 10 - Adrienne Clarkson, journalist and 26th Governor General of Canada
March 1 - Marlene Catterall, politician
March 8 - Berta Seymour, ballet dancer
March 17 - Bill Graham, politician
March 20 - Brian Mulroney, politician and 18th Prime Minister of Canada
March 26 - Patrick Lane, poet

April to June

Joe Clark

April 14 - Ian Binnie, jurist and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
April 20 - Wayson Choy, writer
April 24 - Dan Hays, politician
April 24 - Ernst Zündel, neo-Nazi,Holocaust denier and pamphleteer
May 7 - Sidney Altman, molecular biologist, joint 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
May 11 - Ken Epp, politician
May 26 - Gerry McAlpine, politician
June 5 - Joe Clark, journalist, politician, statesman, businessman, professor and 16th Prime Minister of Canada
June 5 - Margaret Hollingsworth, playwright

July to September

July 12 - David Bazay, television journalist (d.2005)
July 25 - Catherine Callbeck, politician and 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island
August 12 - Roy Romanow, politician and 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
August 15 - Hardial Bains, founder and leader of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (d.1997)
August 21 - JoAnn Wilson, murder victim (d.1983)
August 23 - Isabel Bassett, broadcaster and politician
August 31 - Dennis Lee, poet and children's writer
September 1 - Jake Epp, politician
September 2 - Henry Mintzberg, academic and author on business and management
September 4 - Jim Penner, businessman and politician (d.2004)
September 30 - Len Cariou, actor

October to December

November 6 - Joyce Fairbairn, Senator and first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate
November 18 - Margaret Atwood, author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner
November 23 - bill bissett, poet
November 30 - Louis LeBel, jurist and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
December 2 - Francis Fox, politician, Minister and Senator
December 21 - Lloyd Axworthy, politician and Minister
December 24 - James Bartleman, diplomat, author and 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Full date unknown

Michael Estok, poet
Michael Overs, businessman, founder and owner of Pizza Pizza Limited (d. 2010)
Tony Parsons, journalist and television news anchor
Robin Spry, filmmaker and television producer (d.2005)

Deaths

January 24 - Alfred Edmond Bourgeois, politician (b.1872)
March 7 - Joseph Flavelle, businessman (b.1858)
March 8 - Henry Pellatt, financier and soldier (b.1859)
May 6 - Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (b.1900)
July 12 - Fernand Rinfret, politician (b.1883)
August 21 - Francis Patrick O'Connor, businessman, politician and philanthropist (b. 1885)
November 12 - Norman Bethune, physician and medical innovator (b.1890)
November 28 - James Naismith, sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball (b.1861)
December 22 - Herbert James Palmer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1851)

References

↑ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 8. The Parliamentary Cycle - Opening a Parliament and a Session". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
↑ "Australia-Canada relations" (PDF). Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-13.

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