1955 in Canada
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See also: 1954 in Canada, other events of 1955, 1956 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General: Vincent Massey
- Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent
- Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell
- Premier of New Brunswick: Hugh John Flemming
- Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Henry Hicks
- Premier of Ontario: Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Alex Matheson
- Premier of Quebec: Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Tommy Douglas
[edit] Events
- January 7: The first television broadcast of the opening of parliament
- February 1: The Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
- March 17: A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended
- April 2: The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens
- June 9: Ontario general election, 1955: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
- June 29: Alberta general election, 1955: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority
- July 11: seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple
- Margaret Gee becomes Canada's first female Chinese-Canadian lawyer
- The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created
- Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway
[edit] Arts and literature
- New books
- Gabrielle Roy: Rue Deschambault
- Literary Awards
- See 1955 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Robertson Davies, Leaven of Malice
- Music
- Glenn Gould's first recording of the Goldberg Variations is made
[edit] Births
- January 11: Jim Wych, snooker layer
- January 28: Odette Lapierre, long-distance runner
- February 23: Jerry Holland, fiddler
- February 25: Camille Thériault, Premier of New Brunswick
- February 27: MaryAnn Mihychuk, politician
- March 16: Andy Scott, politician
- April 6: Cathy Jones, comedian
- April 25: Jane Stewart, politician
- May 12: Yvon Godin, politician
- May 14: Marie Chouinard, dancer
- June 14: Joe Preston, politician
- July 7: Gord Mackintosh, politician
- July 17: Geneviève Cadieux, artist
- July 19: Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
- August 6: Gilles Bernier, politician
- August 19: Bev Desjarlais, politician
- August 31: Sidney McKnight, boxer
- September 4: Ian Rapps, pest control
- September 28: Stéphane Dion, cabinet minister
- October 12: Jane Siberry, singer
- November 4: Rodger Cuzner, politician
- November 6: Kenneth Read, skier
- November 10: Ken Holland, ice hockey goaltender
- December 13: Pat Martin, politician
- Vatche Arslanian, Red Cross worker
- Kim Morrissey, poet
- John Nunziata, politician
[edit] Deaths
- May 10: Tommy Burns, boxer
- August 5: Izaak Walton Killam, financier
- October 1: Charles Christie, movie producer
- Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor
