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Events from the year
1949 in
Canada
.
Contents
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Events
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Arts and literature
2.1
Awards
3
Births
3.1
January to March
3.2
April to June
3.3
July to September
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October to December
3.5
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Deaths
4.1
January to June
4.2
July to December
Events
March 31 -
Newfoundland
becomes Canada's 10th province at a fraction of a second from April 1,
April Fools' Day
.
April 1 -
Joey Smallwood
becomes the first
premier of Newfoundland
as a Canadian province
April 4 - Canada joins the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
May 4 -
Leslie Frost
becomes premier of
Ontario
, replacing
Thomas Kennedy
June 27 - Federal election:
Louis Saint Laurent
's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
August 22 -
Queen Charlotte earthquake
: Canada's largest earthquake since the
1700 Cascadia earthquake
September 9 -
Albert Guay affair
: in-flight bombing of a
Canadian Pacific Airlines
DC-3
en route from
Quebec City
to
Baie-Comeau
September 14 - The
Noronic
, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, is destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118.
Full date unknown
Canadian appeals to the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
are abolished, making the
Supreme Court of Canada
the country's top court
British Columbia
gives Asian-Canadians the vote
Arts and literature
Awards
See
1949 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award
: Angeline Hango,
Truthfully Yours
Births
January to March
Marc Garneau
January 24 -
Guy Charron
, ice hockey player
February 14 -
Denis Rocan
, politician
February 23 -
Marc Garneau
, astronaut, engineer and politician
March 3 -
Elijah Harper
, politician
March 16 -
Victor Garber
, actor and singer
March 16 -
Jane Haist
, discus thrower and shot putter
March 30 -
Liza Frulla
, politician
April to June
Ray Henault
April 4 -
Nava Starr
, chess player and a Women's International Master
April 6 -
Réginald Bélair
, politician
April 8 -
Claudette Bradshaw
, politician
April 14 -
Percy Mockler
, politician and Senator
April 16 -
Sandy Hawley
, jockey
April 26 -
Ray Henault
, general and
Chief of Defence Staff
May 6 -
Diane Ablonczy
, politician
May 20 -
Sheldon Oberman
, children's writer (d.
2004
)
May 20 -
Dave Thomas
, comedian and actor
June 21 -
Jane Urquhart
, writer
June 22 -
Wayne Easter
, politician
July to September
July 3 -
Jan Smithers
, actress
July 11 -
Liona Boyd
, classical guitarist
August 13 -
Bobby Clarke
, ice hockey player
August 21 -
Larry Fisher
, murderer
August 30 -
Don Boudria
, politician and Minister
September 6 -
Carole-Marie Allard
, politician
September 12 -
Kevin Major
, author
September 26 -
Marie Tifo
, actress
October to December
October 25 -
Laurie Skreslet
, mountaineer, first Canadian to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
October 27 -
Garth Drabinsky
, film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur
November 27 -
Nick Discepola
, politician
Jim Flaherty
November 28 -
Paul Shaffer
, musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer
November 29 -
Stan Rogers
, folk musician and songwriter (d.
1983
)
December 19 -
Larry Bagnell
, politician
December 21 -
John Loewen
, businessman and politician
December 30 -
Jim Flaherty
, politician and Minister
Full date unknown
Zahra Kazemi
, photographer, died in Iranian custody (d.
2003
)
Deaths
January to June
January 9 -
Tom Longboat
, long-distance runner (b.
1887
)
January 11 -
John Wesley Brien
, physician and politician (b.
1864
)
February 12 -
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
, artist (b.
1904
)
June 2 -
François Blais
, politician (b.
1875
)
July to December
July 7 -
Fred Wellington Bowen
, politician (b.
1877
)
August 23 -
Herbert Greenfield
, politician and 4th
Premier of Alberta
(b.
1869
)
September 2 -
Ian Alistair Mackenzie
, politician and Minister (b.
1890
)
December 7 -
Stanislas Blanchard
, politician (b.
1871
)
December 16 -
Albert Edward Matthews
, 16th Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario
(b.
1873
)
December 16 -
Sidney Olcott
, film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b.
1873
)
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