- 1931 in Canada
"See also:"
1930 in Canada ,
other events of 1931,1932 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
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May 19 : Charles Richards becomes premier ofNew Brunswick , replacingJohn Baxter
*August 29 :James D. Stewart becomes premier ofPrince Edward Island for the second time, replacingWalter Lea
*November 12 :Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto
*December 11 : the Statute of Westminster goes into effect: Canada is granted fulllegislative independence innation al and international affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General.
* TheBeauharnois Scandal breaks outBirths
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January 6 : Dickie Moore, hockey player
*January 27 :Mordecai Richler , author
*January 30 :John Crosbie , politician
*February 14 :Bernie Geoffrion , hockey player
*February 17 :Mark MacGuigan , politician
*February 26 :C. William Doody , Newfoundland politician
*March 10 :Georges Dor , author
*March 22 :William Shatner , actor and writer
*March 22 :Monte Kwinter , Ontario politician
*March 25 : Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker
*March 28 :Jane Rule , author
*March 30 :Gérard Bruchési , politician
*April 2 :Howard Engel , author
*April 9 :Richard Hatfield , New Brunswick Premier
*April 13 :Cliff Lumsdon , swimmer
*April 19 : Walter Stewart, journalist
*April 22 :John Buchanan , premier of Nova Scotia
*May 25 :Herb Gray , politician
*June 11 : John Bright, football player
*June 27 :Charles Bronfman , businessman
*June 30 :Joyce Wieland , artist
*July 7 :Charles Alexander Best , politician
*July 10 :Alice Munro , author
*July 15 :Jacques-Yvan Morin , Quebec politician
*August 29 :Lise Payette , broadcaster
*August 31 :Jean Béliveau , hockey player
*September 23 :Gerald Stairs Merrithew , politician
*October 4 :Werner Israel , physicist
*October 8 :Isadore Sharp , businessman
*November 5 : Charles Taylor, philosopher
*November 28 :Ramsay Cook , historian
*November 30 :Harry Enns , Manitoba politicianDeaths
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