1925 in Canada
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Events from the year 1925 in Canada.
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Events
- February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.
- February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.
- April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland
- May 28 - Roddick Gates unveiled
- June 2 - Saskatchewan general election, 1925: Charles Dunning's Liberals win a sixth consecutive majority
- June 10 - The United Church of Canada opens for services
- June 11 - Coal miner William Davis was killed by police in the culmination of a long Cape Breton Island strike.
- June 23 - First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada.
- June 26 - A strike of miners in Drumheller, Alberta ends in violent confrontations.
- July 16 - Edgar Rhodes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Ernest Armstrong
- September 14 - John Baxter becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Veniot
- October 29 - Federal election: Arthur Meighen's Conservatives win a plurality (116 seats), defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals (99 seats). However, King does not resign as prime minister; he will try to govern with a minority government with the support of smaller parties and independent MPs (30 seats)
- November 23 - John Brownlee becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
- The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, later the Royal Canadian Legion, is formed by the amalgamation of several veterans' organizations, such as the Great War Veterans Association.
Arts and literature
- October 1 - The Vancouver School of Applied and Decorative Arts opened its doors.
Sport
- March 30 - The Victoria Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.
Births
January to June
- January 26 - Claude Ryan, politician (d.2004)
- February 1 - Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon (d.1997)
- February 13 - Gerald Tailfeathers, artist
- March 23 - Wilson Duff, anthropologist
- March 25 - Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (d.2000)
- March 26 - Ben Mondor, baseball executive (Pawtucket Red Sox) (d. 2010)
- April 1 - Tobie Steinhouse, artist
- April 4 - Claude Wagner, judge and politician (d.1979)
- April 11 - Pierre Péladeau, businessman (d.1997)
- May 18 - Robin Blaser, author and poet (d.2009)
July to September
- July 25 - Charmion King, actress (d.2007)
- July 29 - Ted Lindsay, ice hockey player
- August 2 - William Andres, politician
- August 11 - Floyd Curry, ice hockey player (d.2006)
- August 15 - Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist and composer (d.2007)
- September 4 - Calvin Ruck, anti-racism activist and Senator (d.2004)
- September 11 - Harry Somers, composer (d.1999)
- September 24 - Dan Heap, politician
October to December
- October 6 - Bud Olson, politician, Minister and Senator (d.2002)
- October 12 – Denis Lazure, politician (d.2008)
- October 21 - Peter Dickinson, architect (d.1961)
- October 21 - Louis Robichaud, lawyer, politician and 25th Premier of New Brunswick (d.2005)
- November 8 - Allan Lawrence, politician and Minister (d.2008)
- November 10 - Doris Anderson, author, journalist and women's rights activist (d.2007)
- November 12 - Agnes Nanogak, author
- December 5 - Dave Broadfoot, comedian
- December 25 - Robert Layton, politician (d.2002)
Deaths
January to June
- January 25 - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (b.1845)
- March 3 - William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1850)
- March 16 - Richard Butler, editor, publisher, journalist and U.S. vice-consul (b.1834)
- May 4 - James Cunningham, merchant and politician (b.1834)
- May 25 - Margaret Mick, prison guard, first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty (b.1860)
- June 18 - William Brymner, art teacher and painter (b.1855)
July to December
- August 15 - Adam Beck, politician and hydro-electricity advocate (b.1857)
- September 6 - George Henry Bradbury, politician (b.1859)
- November 2 - James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (b.1854)
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