1921 in Canada

1921 in Canada

"See also:"
1920 in Canada,
other events of 1921,
1922 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

* March 26 - The "Bluenose" is launched
* June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority
* July 18 - Alberta general election, 1921: Herbert Greenfield's United Farmers of Alberta win a majority, defeating Premier Charles Stewart's Liberals
* July 27 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin
* August 13 - Herbert Greenfield becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
* November 21 - Canada is granted a coat of arms by Royal Proclamation. Canada's official colours declared to be red and white
* December 6 - Federal election: William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberals win a minority, defeating Arthur Meighen's Conservatives. Agnes Macphail becomes the first woman elected to Parliament. Canadian women exercise their right to vote for the first time.
* December 29 - Mackenzie King becomes prime minister, replacing Arthur Meighen
* The school board in Victoria, B.C., creates a segregated school for the Chinese population. After a boycott of the new school, the plan is scrapped. [cite web | format=html | accessdate=2007-11-08 | title= SOME SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS IN CHINESE-CANADIAN HISTORY | url=http://www.explorasian.org/history_chinesecdn.html]
* A study of Saskatchewan school students discovers that 56% of them are infected with tuberculosis [cite web |format=html | accessdate=2007-11-08 | url= http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/Saskatchewan100/1915.html | title= Saskatchewan History]

Births

* January 6 - Hazen Argue, politician
* January 20 - Jacques Ferron, founder of the Parti Rhinocéros
* February 8 - Barney Danson, politician
* February 17 - George Manuel, Native leader
* February 25 - Pierre Laporte, Quebec politician
* March 10 - Cec Linder, actor
* March 27 - Calvin Gotlieb, computer scientist
* April 30 - Donald Campbell Jamieson, politician
* May 12 - Farley Mowat, novelist
* May 31 - Peter Fox, Manitoba politician
* June 8 - Alexis Smith, actor
* July 6 - Allan MacEachen, politician
* August 4 - Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
* August 8 - John Herbert Chapman, scientist
* August 25 - Monty Hall, game show host
* September 16 - Ursula Franklin, scientist and activist
* September 29 - James Cross, kidnapping victim
* November 25 - Fraser Elliott, lawyer
* December 4 - Deanna Durbin, singer and actor
* December 6 - George Beurling, fighter ace
* December 10 - Howard Fredeen, scientist

Deaths

* January 21 - Arthur Lewis Sifton, premier of Alberta (1910–17)

References


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