1933 in Canada
Canada-related events during the year of 1933
Events from the year 1933 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January to March
January 24 - Claude Préfontaine , actor (d. 2013 )
January 25
January 31 - Camille Henry , ice hockey player (d. 1997 )
February 13 - Michael Cook , playwright (d. 1994 )
February 16 – Tom Hickey , Canadian politician (d. 2020 )
February 18 - Frank Moores , businessman, politician and 2nd Premier of Newfoundland (d. 2005 )
February 24 - Gustavo Da Roza , architect
March 2 - Simonie Michael , Inuk politician (d. 2008 )
March 4 - James Jerome , jurist, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 2005 )
March 9 - Mel Lastman , businessman, politician and Mayor of Toronto (d. 2021 )
March 19
March 23 - Thomas R. Berger , politician and jurist (d. 2021 )
March 29 - Jacques Brault , poet and translator (d. 2022 )
April to June
July to September
July 2 – Kenny Wharram , ice hockey player (d. 2017 )
July 8 - Antonio Lamer , lawyer, jurist and 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007 )
July 13 - Scott Symons , writer (d. 2009 )
July 14 - Robert Bourassa , politician and 22nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1996 )
July 16 - Julian Klymkiw , ice hockey goaltender (d. 2022 )
July 17 - Mimi Hines , singer and comedian
July 28
August 13 - Ted Godwin , artist (d. 2013 )
August 24 - John Alan Lee , sociologist (d. 2013 )
August 30 - Don Getty , politician and 11th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016 )
September 8 - Maurice Foster , politician, MP for Algoma (1968–1993) (d. 2010 )
September 19 - Gilles Archambault , novelist
October to December
October 12 - Guido Molinari , artist (d. 2004 )
October 22 - David Bromige , poet (d. 2009 )
November 16 - Leonard Marchand , politician (d. 2016 )
November 26 - Robert Goulet , singer and actor (d. 2007 )
November 27 - Jacques Godbout , novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet
December 1 - Alex Campbell , politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island
December 12 - Joe Borowski , politician and activist (d. 1996 )
December 25 - Fred Sasakamoose , ice hockey player (d. 2020 )
Full date unknown
Deaths
January 3 - Jack Pickford , actor (b. 1896 )
April 14 - Daniel Hunter McMillan , politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b. 1846 )
October 10 - James David Stewart , educator, lawyer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1874 )
October 17 - Emily Murphy , women's rights activist, jurist and author, first woman magistrate in Canada and in the British Empire (b. 1868 )
October 25 - William John Bowser , politician and Premier of British Columbia (b. 1867 )
November 30 - Arthur Currie , World War I general (b. 1875 )
See also
Historical documents
Montreal Gazette report finds that, after bad start, 1933 has brought industrial expansion and "a general revival of confidence"[2]
"With a cheery, optimistic feeling prevailing," grain markets in Winnipeg , Chicago and Liverpool raise price of wheat [3]
In what "has been a very bad year," federal budget raises taxes and creates support fund for agricultural exporters[4]
"Heavy obligations" from resource and production investment call for debt conversion, budget balancing and international agreement [5]
Most first ministers back re-employment through shortening of everyone's work day (but unemployment insurance scheme doubtful)[6]
Hitler sworn in as German chancellor , but "surrounded with conservatives" in cabinet [7]
With Nazi plurality , German parliament will allow Hitler to suspend its powers and constitution temporarily [8]
Appeals to Jewish community and Christians to relieve oppression of German Jews [9]
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation rejects capitalism and "its inherent injustice and inhumanity" in Regina Manifesto [10]
Marxist delegate to CCF's Regina convention calls it "middle class" and "reformist"[11]
Rejected in Saskatchewan by-election , Farmer-Labor (CCF) candidates and campaign managers receive advice from their president [12]
Spinning wheel and Bennett buggy : how Prairie farmers are coping in Great Depression[13]
Poor woman asks Prime Minister Bennett to send underwear for her husband (and request is fulfilled)[14]
Memorial plaque unveiled at University of Saskatchewan for 46th Battalion [15]
Mackenzie King yields to temptation, being "disobedient to the heavenly vision as I have held it in my heart"[16]
Flyer for opening of Harlem-style nightclub in Montreal (note: blackface depicted)[17]
References
^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ Canadian Press, "Many Evidences Of Improvement," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 4, 1934) pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
^ "Wheat Closes More Than Two Cents Higher," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 64 (March 16, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 4, 2020
^ Charles Bishop, "Income Levy Raised, Tax Put on Sugar To Increase Revenue," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 69 (March 22, 1933), pgs. 1, 4 Accessed June 4, 2020
^ "Reports of the Committee; Sixth Report; General," [House] Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce (1933), pg. 208 Accessed 23 October 2020
^ "To Reduce Working Day?; Indications Point to Agreement on Scheme at Parley in Ottawa (Special to The Star-Phoenix)," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 153 (January 19, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Associated Press, "Hitler Wins Power; Europe Stirred," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LX, No. 162 (January 30, 1933), pg. 1. Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Associated Press, "Republic of Germany Is on Its Last Legs; Reichstag Expected to Create Four Years' Dictatorship For Hitler," The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XLIII, No. 69 (March 22, 1933), pgs. 1. Accessed June 4, 2020
^ Maurice N. Eisendrath, "Can the New Year Be Happy" and "Where Are the Christian Champions of the Jew?," Canadian Jewish Review, Vol. XV, No. 49 (September 22, 1933), pg. 3 Accessed 10 December 2019 (See also internal government letter noting opposition to admitting German Jews)
^ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, "The Regina Manifesto" (July 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ W. (William) Moriarty, "The Regina Convention of the C.C.F." Workers' Age (September 15, 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Letter of G.H. Williams (Saskatoon, October 28, 1933). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ "1933 Conditions in the Canadian West During the Depression" (no source). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ Letter of Mrs. Thomas Hodgins (Perdue, Sask., September 28, 1933; with replies). Accessed June 3, 2020
^ "Plaque Unveiled To Members Of 46th Battalion," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (November 13, 1933), pg. 5. Accessed June 3, 2020 http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/war/memorials.html (scroll down to 167)
^ Entries of January 14 and 15, Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King; 1933, pgs. 17-18 Accessed June 3, 2020
^ "Connies Inn (formerly The Frolics)" Accessed June 3, 2020
1933 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories