1938 in Canada
| Years in Canada: | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |
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| Years: | 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 |
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Events from the year 1938 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Governor general – John Buchan
- Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
- Parliament – 18th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Eric Hamber
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William Johnston Tupper
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Murray MacLaren
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Robert Irwin
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Albert Edward Matthews
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George Des Brisay de Blois
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Esioff-Léon Patenaude
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
- Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
- Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – Allison Dysart
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Charles Camsell
Events
- June 8 - Saskatchewan general election: William John Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
Full date unknown
- Superman first appears in Action #1 (cover date June 1938), as a backup feature. The character is created by Joe Shuster (an artist for the Toronto Star) and American writer Jerry Siegel for National Comics.
- Vaccination for tuberculosis (the leading cause of death in young people) is introduced.
Arts and literature
Sport
- April 12 - Chicago Black Hawks win their Second Stanley Cup by defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3 games to 1.
- April 18 - Manitoba Junior Hockey League's St. Boniface Seals won their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Oshawa Generals 3 games to 2. The deciding Game 5 was played Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
- December 10 - In a repeat of the 25th Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts win their Fifth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30 to 7 in the 26th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
Births
January to June
John Hamm
- January 9 - Claudette Boyer, politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Ottawa—Vanier (1999–2003) (d.2013)
- January 10 - Frank Mahovlich, ice hockey player and Senator
- January 13 - William B. Davis, actor
- February 9 - Jovette Marchessault, writer and artist
- February 17 - Martha Henry, actress
- February 22 - Pierre Vallières, journalist and writer (d. 1998)
- April 5 - David Helwig, poet, novelist, and essayist (d. 2018)
- April 8 - John Hamm, physician, politician and 32nd Premier of Nova Scotia
- April 12 - Roger Caron, author
- May 13 - Lucille Starr, singer, songwriter and yodeler
- May 16 - Jim Coutts, political advisor (d.2013)
- May 24 - Tommy Chong, comedian, actor and musician
- May 30 - Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football defensive lineman
- June 4 - John Harvard, journalist, politician and 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- June 13 - John Newlove, poet (d.2013)
- June 19
- Jean-Claude Labrecque, director and cinematographer
- Beth Phinney, educator and politician
- June 26 - Ken Monteith, politician
July to September
Paul Martin
- July 12 - Matt Ravlich, ice hockey defenceman
- July 14 - Moshe Safdie, architect and urban designer
- July 18 - Helen Gardiner, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum (d.2008)
- July 29 - Peter Jennings, journalist and television news anchor (d.2005)
- August 1 - Noble Villeneuve, politician (d. 2018)
- August 8 - Jacques Hétu, composer
- August 9 - Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, musician and composer (d.1985)
- August 25 - Colin Thatcher, politician and murderer
- August 28 - Paul Martin, politician and 21st Prime Minister of Canada
October to December
- October 14 - Ron Lancaster, Canadian football player and coach (d.2008)
- October 27 - Tim Ralfe, journalist (d.2000)
- October 28 - Gary Cowan, golfer
- November 3 - Yvon Cormier, wrestler (d.2009)
- November 4 - LeRoy Fjordbotten, politician (d. 2017)
- November 12 - Denis DeJordy, ice hockey player and coach
- November 13 - Gérald Godin, poet and politician (d.1994)
- November 17 - Gordon Lightfoot, singer and songwriter
- November 26 - Rich Little, impressionist and voice actor
- December 16 - John Allan Cameron, folk singer (d.2006)
- December 22 - Lucien Bouchard, lawyer, diplomat, politician and Minister
Undated
- Roland Doré, educator, President of the Canadian Space Agency
Deaths
- January 4 - George Halsey Perley, politician and diplomat (b.1857)
- January 8 - Aimé Bénard, politician (b.1873)
- January 28 - Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher (b.1848)
- February 20 - William Alves Boys, politician and barrister (b.1868)
- March 23 - Thomas Walter Scott, politician and first Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1867)
- April 13 - Grey Owl, writer and conservationist (b.1888)
- April 24 - John Wycliffe Lowes Forster, artist (b.1850)
- May 6 - Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, politician and 11th Governor General of Canada (b.1868)
- May 7 - Frederick Cronyn Betts, politician (b.1896)
- July 25 - Francis Haszard, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1849)
- December 26 - Pierre-Ernest Boivin, politician and businessman (b.1872)
See also
Historical Documents
Prime Minister Chamberlain defends Munich Agreement in "peace for our time" speech in British House of Commons [1]
President Roosevelt requests increased defence appropriations from Congress [2]
President Roosevelt says "we[...]are no longer a far away continent" in address at Queen's University at Kingston [3]
Vancouverites fail in plot to bomb Japanese ocean liner Hiye Maru [4]
Jewish Anti-Defamation League member says act on "passion for democracy" in face of world events [5]
Jewish columnist sets radio host straight on his "joke" about Jews [6]
With prices for necessities and product sold dictated to them, Alberta farmers form United Farmers of Canada branch [7]
Manitoba premier comments on globally higher production, lower demand and drastically lower prices for wheat [8]
Development of huge Turner Valley oil field and its significance to Canada and Empire (especially British Navy) [9]
Nellie McClung praises cooperation as solution to poverty resulting from "profit system divorced from Christian ethics" [10]
Woonsocket, Rhode Island Franco-American mill worker and his family survive another layoff during Depression [11]
Trans-Canada Air Lines will be part of multi-day international flights linking Britain with New Zealand and Australia [12]
Tides and trees, gardens and exiles are subjects of Nellie McClung's Nova Scotia travel article [13]
New wing of Kitchener-Waterloo YWCA hosts Saturday morning games, stories and handwork for girls [14]
References
- Great Britain, Parliamentary Debates; Commons; Vol. 339 (October 3, 1938). Accessed 18 June 2020 http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/workbook/ralprs36.htm
- "Paper VIII; Message to the Congress recommending increased armament for national defense, January 28, 1938," Development of United States Foreign Policy; Addresses and Messages of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1942), pgs. 25-6. Accessed 18 June 2020 http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/7-2-188/188-08.html
- "Paper IX; Address at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 18, 1938," Development of United States Foreign Policy; Addresses and Messages of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1942), pgs. 27-9. Accessed 18 June 2020 http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/7-2-188/188-09.html Audio: "President Franklin Roosevelt Receiving Honorary Degree at Queens University in Ontario, Canada" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=expTBGIIvlI
- "One Seized, One Dead at Seattle; Vancouver Man Admits They Were in Pay of 'Oriental Nation'" (Seattle, January 20, 1938). Accessed 18 June 2020 https://collections.warmuseum.ca/warclip/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=5142454
- Richard E. Gutstadt, in "B'nai B'rith and A.Z.A. 1938; Second Annual Conference; Western Canadian Council" (September 1938; unpaginated). Accessed 18 June 2020 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/6154/21.html
- Al Segal, "Plain Talk; Suppose it were the Scotch," Jewish Western Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 43 (May 13, 1938), pg. 1. Accessed 18 June 2020 https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/jwb-51057/page-1
- "Manifesto and Constitution of United farmers of Canada (Alberta Section); Third Revised Edition. Accessed 18 June 2020 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/6238/2.html
- "Radio Address by Honourable John Bracken; December 18, 1938," Proceedings of the Conference on Markets for Western Farm Products, pgs. 325-8. Accessed 18 June 2020 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/6175/325.html
- Walter S. Campbell, "Turner Valley - Its Resources and Possibilities" (February 10, 1938), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 227-44. Accessed 18 June 2020 http://speeches.empireclub.org/60612/data?n=179
- Nellie L. McClung, "Co-operation in Nova Scotia," The (Berwick, N.S.) Register (September 7, 1938). Accessed 18 June 2020 http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbrnep/nlmcclungcins.htm
- Mr. Guilfoyle, "French Canadian Textile Worker" (interview with Henry Boucher, January 12, 1939). Accessed 18 June 2020 http://www.loc.gov/resource/wpalh3.30030123/seq-23#seq-17
- "Across Canada by Air," The (Wellington, N.Z.) Evening Post, Vol. CXXV, No. 94 (April 22, 1938), pg. 8. Accessed 18 June 2020 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/evening-post/1938/04/22/8
- Nellie L. McClung, "The Flavour of Nova Scotia," The (Berwick, N.S.) Register (August 3, 1938), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 18 June 2020 http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbrnep/nlmcclungtfons.htm
- "Saturday Morning Play Hour Big Attraction at Y.W.C.A.," Kitchener Daily Record (March 21, 1938). Accessed 18 June 2020 https://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/sites/ca.library.special-collections-archives/files/uploads/images/funy.gif
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