1922 in Canada
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See also: 1921 in Canada, other events of 1922, 1923 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Sovereign: King George V
- Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Governor General: Viscount Byng
- Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield
- Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver
- Premier of Manitoba: Tobias Norris then John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick: Walter E. Foster
- Premier of Nova Scotia: George H. Murray
- Premier of Ontario: Ernest C. Drury
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: John Howatt Bell
- Premier of Quebec: Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan: William Martin then Charles Dunning
[edit] Events
- January 11: The world's first insulin treatment is made at the Toronto General Hospital. The successful technique would later win a Nobel Prize for its creators, Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
- April 5: Charles Dunning becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Martin
- May 3: The women of Prince Edward Island win the right to vote
- July: Rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch, Lethbridge, Alberta
- August 8: John Bracken becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Tobias Norris
- September 15: Prime Minister Mackenzie King refuses to support the British in the Chanak Affair, asserting foreign policy independence for the first time
- The land around Vimy Ridge is given to Canada by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during World War I
- October 9: Prairie Bible College opens with 8 students in Three Hills ,Alberta
[edit] Arts and literature
- Nanook of the North is released, the first film to be called a documentary
[edit] Births
- January 21: Lincoln Alexander, politician
- February 25: Molly Lamb Bobak, artist
- April 24: Philip Gerald Givens, politician
- April 26: Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
- June 9: Fernand Seguin, biochemist
- June 11: Erving Goffman, sociologist
- June 27: Richard Vollenweider, environmentalist
- June 30: Frank Huber, Regina resident
- July 30: Jack McClelland, publisher
- August 7: Helmut Kallmann, historian
- August 11: Mavis Gallant, writer
- August 24: René Lévesque, separatist premier of Quebec
- September 1: Yvonne De Carlo, actor
- September 3: Salli Terri, singer and songwriter
- September 16: Alex Barris, actor
- October 17: Pierre Juneau, politician and broadcaster
- December 11: Pauline Jewett, educator
[edit] Deaths
- January 26: Robert Beith, politician
- August 2: Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone
