1922 in Canada

1922 in Canada

"See also:"
1921 in Canada,
other events of 1922,
1923 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Incumbents

*Sovereign: King George V
*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King
*Governor General: Viscount Byng

*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield
*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver
*Premier of Manitoba: Tobias Norris then John Bracken
*Premier of New Brunswick: Walter E. Foster
*Premier of Nova Scotia: George H. Murray
*Premier of Ontario: Ernest C. Drury
*Premier of Prince Edward Island: John Howatt Bell
*Premier of Quebec: Alexandre Taschereau
*Premier of Saskatchewan: William Martin then Charles Dunning

Events

* January 11: The world's first insulin treatment is made at the Toronto General Hospital. The successful technique would later win a Nobel Prize for its creators, Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
* April 5: Charles Dunning becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Martin
* May 3: The women of Prince Edward Island win the right to vote
* July: Rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch, Lethbridge, Alberta
* August 8: John Bracken becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Tobias Norris
* September 15: Prime Minister Mackenzie King refuses to support the British in the Chanak Affair, asserting foreign policy independence for the first time
* The land around Vimy Ridge is given to Canada by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during World War I
*October 9: Prairie Bible College opens with 8 students in Three Hills ,Alberta

Arts and literature

*"Nanook of the North" is released, the first film to be called a documentary

Births

* January 21: Lincoln Alexander, politician
* February 25: Molly Lamb Bobak, artist
* April 24: Philip Gerald Givens, politician
* April 26: Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
* June 9: Fernand Seguin, biochemist
* June 11: Erving Goffman, sociologist
* June 27: Richard Vollenweider, environmentalist
* June 30: Frank Huber, Regina resident
* July 16: Augustin Brassard, politician
* July 30: Jack McClelland, publisher
* August 7: Helmut Kallmann, historian
* August 11: Mavis Gallant, writer
* August 24: René Lévesque, separatist premier of Quebec
* September 1: Yvonne De Carlo, actor
* September 3: Salli Terri, singer and songwriter
* September 16: Alex Barris, actor
* October 17: Pierre Juneau, politician and broadcaster
* December 11: Pauline Jewett, educator

Deaths

* January 26: Robert Beith, politician
* April 12: Robert Boston, politician
* August 2: Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone


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