1936 IN CANADA

''See also:''
1935 in Canada,
other events of 1936,
1937 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.
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Contents

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

Incumbents

★ Monarch - George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI

★ Governor General - John Baron Tweedsmuir

★ Prime Minister - Mackenzie King

★ Secretary of State for External Affairs - Mackenzie King

★ Minister of National Defence - Ian Mackenzie

★ Minister of Justice - Ernest Lapointe

★ Director of Military Operations and Intelligence - Brigadier Henry Crerar

★ Chief of the General Staff - Major-General Ernest Charles Ashton

★ Chief of the Naval Staff - Commodore Percy W. Nelles

★ Senior Air Officer - Air Vice-Marshall George Croil

Events

★ January 6 - Barbara Hanley is elected mayor of Webbwood, Ontario, becoming the first woman ever to serve as a mayor in Canada

★ January 14 - Thane Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Walter Lea

★ June 11 - Adélard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

★ August 26 - Maurice Duplessis becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Adélard Godbout

★ September - Earl Bascom of Raymond, Alberta designs and directs the construction of the first rodeo arena and grandstands in the state of Mississippi

★ November 2 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation replaces the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission

★ November 18 - The ''Toronto Globe'' and the ''Mail and Empire'' merge to form the ''Globe and Mail''

★ December 11- The British Parliament passes ''His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936'' which legislates the abdication of King Edward VIII. Canada passses the ''Succession to the Throne Act'' (1 Geo. VI, c.16) to effect changes to the rules of succession in Canada to assure consistency with the changes in the rules then in place in Great Britain.

★ The Spanish Civil War begins. Eventually 1135 Canadians will serve in the International Brigades of the Republican forces

Arts and literature

Births

★ January 18 - Albert Driedger, Manitoba politician

★ February 9 - Stompin' Tom Connors, country music legend

★ February 29 - Henri Richard, hockey player

★ March 1 - Monique Bégin, politician

★ March 21 - Ed Broadbent, politician

★ March 24 - David Suzuki, scientist

★ April 17 - Peter Adams, politician

★ April 19 - Sharon Pollock, playwright

★ May 14 - Aline Chrétien, wife of Jean Chrétien

★ July 3 - Larry Condon, politician

★ August 20 - David MacDonald, politician

★ September 26 - Lowell Murray, Senator

★ October 7 - Charles Dutoit, conductor

★ October 27 - Suzanne Paradis, writer

★ November 6 - Joyce Fairbairn, Senator

★ November 7 - Audrey McLaughlin, politician

★ December 16 - Karleen Bradford, author

Deaths