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1925 in Canada

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1925
in
Canada

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Events from the year 1925 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Commissioners

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Events

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  • 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 in Montreal.
  • June 2 – 1925 Saskatchewan general election: 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.
  • The federal divorce law was changed to allow a woman to divorce her husband on the same grounds that a man could divorce his wife – simple adultery. Before this, a woman had to prove adultery in conjunction with other acts such as "sodomy" or bestiality in order to initiate a divorce.[2]

Arts and literature

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Sport

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Births

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January to June

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July to September

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Oscar Peterson

October to December

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Deaths

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January to June

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July to December

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Historical documents

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Rabbi claims only way to international peace is through righteousness[3]

Charles Saunders' search for Prairies-hardy variety of wheat leads to Marquis, "which has meant millions of dollars to this country[4]

Stephen Leacock resents requirement that works of authors seeking Canadian copyright must be printed in Canada[5]

Radio station CKAC of La Presse claims to encourage expat Québécois/e to return and to keep farmers on their farms[6]

United Church of Canada Basis of Union accommodates doctrines of three Protestant denominations[7]

PM King blames loss of election and his seat on big interests' money and Liberal Party's lack of organization[8]

Minnie Bell Sharp, first New Brunswick female candidate for MP, runs on soldiers, mothers and other issues[9]

With transition from Czar to Soviets in Russia, Doukhobors split on returning there from Canada[10]

Film: safety consciousness is needed in electical lineman's work[11]

Film: log drivers in northern Ontario[12]

Film: production and use of stone blocks from quarry to masonry work on Ontario government building[13]

Newlywed Mountie writes of his new home life in Dawson City, Yukon[14]

Beautiful brochure for Empress of France round-the-world cruise to see "costumes, crafts and civilizations of fifty different races"[15]

References

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  1. ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Moira Armour and Pat Stanton, Canadian Women in History: A Chronology (Toronto: Green Dragon Press, 1990)
  3. ^ Joseph S. Kornfeld, "Great Britain and America in the Service of the World" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 59-63. Accessed 4 May 2020
  4. ^ Address of L.H. Newman (March 26, 1925), [House] Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization[;] Addresses Delivered before the Committee, pgs. 25-6. Accessed 19 October 2020
  5. ^ Testimony of Stephen Leacock (March 10, 1925), Special Committee, Bill No. 2 re Copyright Act, pgs. 23-5. Accessed 19 October 2020
  6. ^ Testimony of J.N. Cartier (March 17, 1925), Special Committee, Bill No. 2 re Copyright Act, pgs. 126-7. Accessed 19 October 2020
  7. ^ "Doctrine," Subscription to the Basis of Union by the Members of the First General Council of the United Church of Canada (PDF pg. 3). Accessed 4 May 2020
  8. ^ Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King; 1925 (October 29), pg. 190. Accessed 4 May 2020
  9. ^ Minnie Bell Adney, "THE Conservative Candidate; 'By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them.'" Accessed 4 May 2020
  10. ^ "Doukhobors in Canada" Protocol No. 13 (February 16, 1925), Standing Committee on Immigration, Council of Labour and Defence, U.S.S.R. Accessed 4 May 2020
  11. ^ Province of Ontario Pictures, "Someone at Home" (1925), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 22 September 2024
  12. ^ Province of Ontario Pictures, "The Drive" (1925), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 22 September 2024
  13. ^ "A Story of Stone" (1925), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 22 September 2024
  14. ^ Letter of Claude Tidd (August 23, 1925), Yukon Archives. Accessed 4 May 2020
  15. ^ Canadian Pacific Railway Company, "Empress of France to the Gateway Ports of the World(;) Around the World Cruise 1925" Accessed 4 May 2020 (See also "Canadian Pacific Cruises 1927-1928: Round the World & Mediterranean")