- 1930 in Canada
"See also:"
1929 in Canada ,
other events of 1930,1931 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
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February 15 :Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator
*May 20 :Walter Lea becomes Premier ofPrince Edward Island , replacingAlbert Saunders
*June 19 :Alberta general election, 1930 : PremierJohn Brownlee 'sUnited Farmers of Alberta win a third consecutivemajority
*June 29 : EightJesuit martyr s become the first Canadiansaint s. SeeCanadian Martyrs .
*July 1 : The Seigniory Club, later to become theChâteau Montebello hotel, opens inMontebello, Quebec
*July 28 : Federal election:R.B. Bennett 's Conservatives win a majority, defeatingMackenzie King 's Liberals
*August 7 : R.B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister, replacing Mackenzie King
*August 11 :Gordon Harrington becomesPremier of Nova Scotia , replacingEdgar Rhodes
*November 12 :Norway relinquishes its claim to theSverdrup Islands .
*December 15 :George Henry becomesPremier of Ontario , replacingHoward Ferguson Births
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January 4 :Herbert O. Sparrow , politician
*January 11 :Harold Greenberg , businessman
*January 12 :Tim Horton , ice hockey player
*January 14 :Kenny Wheeler , musician
*January 24 :Felix Capella , race walker
*March 11 :Claude Jutra , filmmaker
*April 28 :Charles Caccia , politician
*April 29 :Ben Hanuschak , Manitoba politician
*May 9 :Muriel Smith , Manitoba politician
*May 24 : Robert Bateman, wildlife artist
*May 29 :Roy Bonisteel , television host
*June 17 : Rosemary Brown, politician
*June 19 :John Lynch-Staunton , senator
*July 6 : George Armstrong, ice hockey player
*July 12 :Gordon Pinsent , actor
*August 9 :Jacques Parizeau , Quebec politician
*October 2 :Dave Barrett , Premier of British Columbia
*October 24 :Micheline Beauchemin , artist
*October 29 :André Bernier , politician
*October 30 :Timothy Findley , writerDeaths
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