1917 in Canada

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Events from the year 1917 in Canada.

Events

January to June

• February 1 - James Alexander Murray becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George Johnson Clarke
• April 4 - Walter Foster becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Murray
• April 9 - April 14 - Battle of Vimy Ridge.
• June 7 - Alberta election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
• June 21 - Aubin Arsenault becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing John Mathieson
• June 26 - Saskatchewan election: William Martin's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority.

July to December

• July 31 - November 6 - Battle of Passchendaele.
• August - The government introduces conscription triggering the Conscription Crisis of 1917
• September 20 - The Income War Tax Act receives royal assent, establishing a "temporary" tax, which remains in force to this day.^[1]
• September 20 - The Wartime Elections Act gives female relatives of servicemen the vote.
• October 30 - Charles Stewart (1868–1946) becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Arthur Sifton
• December 6 - Halifax Explosion kills 1900 people and injures 9000. The largest ever man-made explosion pre-Hiroshima atomic bomb.
• December 17 - Federal election: Robert Borden's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority

Arts and literature

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Sport

• November 26 - The NHL is established in Montreal.
• December 19 - The first NHL game is played: Montreal Wanderers 10, Toronto Arenas 9.

Births

January to June

• January 6 - Sydney Banks, broadcaster and producer (d.2006)
• January 11 - John Robarts, lawyer, politician and 17th Premier of Ontario (d.1982)
• April 25 - George R. Gardiner, businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum (d.1997)
• May 12 - Frank Clair, Canadian Football League coach (d.2005)
• May 21 - Raymond Burr, actor (d.1993)
• May 22 - Lude Check, ice hockey player (d.2009)
• May 24 - W. Ross Thatcher, politician and 9th Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1971)
• June 17 - Dufferin Roblin, businessman, politician and 14th Premier of Manitoba (d.2010)
• June 18 - Arthur Tremblay, politician and Senator (d.1996)
• June 29 - Archie Green, folklorist and musicologist (d.2009)

July to December

• September 12 - Pierre Sévigny, soldier, author, politician and academic (d.2004)
• September 15 - Alf Pike, ice hockey player and coach (d.2009)
• September 26 - Réal Caouette, politician (d.1976)
• November 11 - Abram Hoffer, orthomolecular psychiatrist (d.2009)
• November 28 - Jacob Froese, politician (d.2003)

Full date unknown

• John Hayes, harness racing driver, trainer and owner (d.1998)

Deaths

January to June

• January 14 - Alexander Cameron, physician and politician (b.1834)
• February 17 - Ralph Smith, coal miner, labour leader and politician (b.1858)
• February 26 - George Johnson Clarke, lawyer, journalist, politician and 14th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1857)
• June 13 - Louis-Philippe Hébert, sculptor (b.1850)

July to December

• July 8 - Tom Thomson, artist (b.1877)
• July 15 - Lemuel John Tweedie, politician and 9th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1849)
• August 6 - Richard McBride, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1870)

Mackenzie Bowell

• August 29 - Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, 9th Governor General of Canada (b.1851)
• October 31 - Gilbert Ganong, businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1851)
• November 10 - Thomas Simpson Sproule, politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b.1843)
• December 10 - Mackenzie Bowell, politician and 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1823)

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References

1. ^ "About the Court - Full History". Tax Court of Canada. http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/tcc-cci_Eng/About/Full_history. Retrieved 2011-09-08.