1931 in Canada
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See also: 1930 in Canada, other events of 1931, 1932 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
[edit] Events
- May 19: Charles Richards becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John Baxter
- August 29: James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Walter Lea
- November 12: Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto
- December 11: the Statute of Westminster goes into effect: Canada is granted full legislative independence in national and international affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General.
- The Beauharnois Scandal breaks out
[edit] Births
- January 6: Dickie Moore, hockey player
- January 27: Mordecai Richler, author
- January 30: John Crosbie, politician
- February 14: Bernie Geoffrion, hockey player
- February 17: Mark MacGuigan, politician
- February 26: C. William Doody, Newfoundland politician
- March 10: Georges Dor, author
- March 22: William Shatner, actor and writer
- March 22: Monte Kwinter, Ontario politician
- March 25: Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker
- March 28: Jane Rule, author
- April 2: Howard Engel, author
- April 9: Richard Hatfield, New Brunswick Premier
- April 13: Cliff Lumsdon, swimmer
- April 19: Walter Stewart, journalist
- April 22: John Buchanan, premier of Nova Scotia
- May 25: Herb Gray, politician
- June 11: John Bright, football player
- June 27: Charles Bronfman, businessman
- June 30: Joyce Wieland, artist
- July 7: Charles Alexander Best, politician
- July 10: Alice Munro, author
- July 15: Jacques-Yvan Morin, Quebec politician
- August 29: Lise Payette, broadcaster
- August 31: Jean Béliveau, hockey player
- September 23: Gerald Stairs Merrithew, politician
- October 4: Werner Israel, physicist
- October 8: Isadore Sharp, businessman
- November 5: Charles Taylor, philosopher
- November 28: Ramsay Cook, historian
- November 30: Harry Enns, Manitoba politician
