1913 in Canada

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Events from the year 1913 in Canada.

Incumbents edit

Crown edit

Monarch – George V^[1]

Federal government edit

Governor General – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prime Minister – Robert Borden
Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec)
Parliament – 12th

Provincial governments edit

Lieutenant governors edit

Premiers edit

Territorial governments edit

Commissioners edit

Events edit

March 27 – Le Droit first published in French
April 17 – 1913 Alberta general election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
June 2 – The High Level Bridge (Edmonton) opens, with two lanes of traffic on the lower deck, and two streetcar tracks and one CPR track on the upper deck
November 7 – November 8 – A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships
November 17 – The National Transcontinental Railway is completed

Sport edit

March 1 – The Quebec Bulldogs win their second Stanley Cup.
March 7 – The Victoria Senators win their first Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship.
November 29 – The Hamilton Tigers win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 44 to 2 in the 5th Grey Cup played at Hamilton, Ontario's A.A.A. Grounds.

Unknown - The Winnipeg Hockey Club defeats the Edmonton Eskimos to win the 1913 Allan Cup.

Unknown date edit

June – Start of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916 a scientific expedition in the Arctic Circle organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
Laura Secord Chocolates opens

Arts and literature edit

New Books edit

Maria Chapdelaine

Births edit

January to June edit

January 13 – Philip Gaglardi, politician (d. 1995)
March 11 – John Weinzweig, composer (d. 2006)
March 24 – Émile Benoît, musician (d. 1992)
April 4 – Jules Léger, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)^[2]
April 24 – Violet Archer, composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (d. 2000)
April 30 – Edith Fowke, folk song collector, author and radio presenter (d. 1996)
May 27 – James Page Mackey, chief of Toronto Police Service (d. 2009)
June 12 – Jean Victor Allard, general and first French-Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff (d. 1996)
June 14 – Joe Morris, trade unionist and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (d. 1996)
June 18 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, heart surgeon (d. 2005)

July to December edit

July 6 – J. Carson Mark, mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (d. 1997)
July 16 – Woodrow Stanley Lloyd, politician and 8th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 1972)
August 28
- Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (d. 1995)
- Rose Goldblatt, administrator, pianist and teacher (d. 1997)
September 20 – Robert Christie, actor and director (d. 1996)
October 5 – Horace Gwynne, boxer and Olympic gold medalist (d. 2001)
November 7 – Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, portrait sculptor (d. 2009)
November 8 – June Havoc, actress, dancer, writer, and theater director (d. 2010)
November 16 – Dora de Pedery-Hunt, sculptor and coin and medal designer (d. 2008)
November 21 – Stewart McLean, politician (d. 1996)
December 7 – Donald C. MacDonald, politician (d. 2008)
December 12 – Clint Smith, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2009)
December 16 – George Ignatieff, diplomat (d. 1989)
December 27 – Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist (d. 1986)

Deaths edit

March 7 – Pauline Johnson, poet, writer and performer (b. 1861)
April 12 – Alexander Francis Macdonald, politician (b. 1818)
April 23 – Richard William Scott, politician and Minister (b. 1826)
May 4 – John M. Baillie, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (b. 1847)
July 15 – Hugh Richardson, jurist (b. 1826)

Historical documents edit

With Canada's promises unfulfilled, Premier calls for fair shake for Prince Edward Island^[3]

Editorial claims modern woman has best prospects in western Canada ^[4]

"Few people[...]held life so lightly as these coast dwellers" - the "savage Indian" stereotype applied to Coast Salish people^[5]

Ambition and Canadian propaganda and incentives are motivating U.S. farmers to move to Canada (though some return) ^[6]

With "slums as bad as any in the world,[...]the Montrealer takes little interest in the affair of his city." ^[7]

House committee on pollution warned of widespread water-borne bacteria (especially typhoid) and general lack of water treatment^[8]

Nova Scotian looks back on his 12-year-old self fighting Fenians ^[9]

Photo: Kwakwaka'wakw carving, Dsawadi, Knight Inlet, B.C. (later "collected" for museum) ^[10]

References edit

^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
^ J.A. Matheson [sic], "The Island – Its Present and Future" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 157-69. Accessed 26 February 2020
^ Calgary Women's Press Club, Special Opportunity Number Western Standard Illustrated Weekly, Vol. III, No. 13 (June 12, 1913; unpaginated). Accessed 26 February 2020
^ Edward S. Curtis, "Introduction" The North American Indian, Vol 9 (1913), pg. xi. Accessed 5 September 2020
^ Letter of John D. Deets Commissioner of Immigration, State of South Dakota (March 26, 1913), Letters in Response to Inquiries[...]about the Movement of American Farmers Back to the United States from the Canadian Northwest. Accessed 26 February 2020
^ George Hambleton, "What's the Matter With Montreal?" Saturday Mirror, No. 1 (February 1, 1913), pg. 5. Accessed 26 February 2020
^ "Third Report" (May 30, 1913), Proceedings and Evidence of the Select Special Committee on the Pollution of Navigable Waters, pgs. 14-16. Accessed 15 October 2020
^ P.F. Lawson, "A Fenian Reminiscence" The (Berwick, N.S.) Register (May 22, 1913). Accessed 26 February 2020
^ William A. Newcombe, "Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Ceremonial Carving at Dsawadi" (1913). Accessed 24 May 2020

[1] "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[2] Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.

[3] J.A. Matheson [sic], "The Island – Its Present and Future" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 157-69. Accessed 26 February 2020

[4] Calgary Women's Press Club, Special Opportunity Number Western Standard Illustrated Weekly, Vol. III, No. 13 (June 12, 1913; unpaginated). Accessed 26 February 2020

[5] Edward S. Curtis, "Introduction" The North American Indian, Vol 9 (1913), pg. xi. Accessed 5 September 2020

[6] Letter of John D. Deets Commissioner of Immigration, State of South Dakota (March 26, 1913), Letters in Response to Inquiries[...]about the Movement of American Farmers Back to the United States from the Canadian Northwest. Accessed 26 February 2020

[7] George Hambleton, "What's the Matter With Montreal?" Saturday Mirror, No. 1 (February 1, 1913), pg. 5. Accessed 26 February 2020

[8] "Third Report" (May 30, 1913), Proceedings and Evidence of the Select Special Committee on the Pollution of Navigable Waters, pgs. 14-16. Accessed 15 October 2020

[9] P.F. Lawson, "A Fenian Reminiscence" The (Berwick, N.S.) Register (May 22, 1913). Accessed 26 February 2020

[10] William A. Newcombe, "Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Ceremonial Carving at Dsawadi" (1913). Accessed 24 May 2020

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