1910 in Canada
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Events from the year 1910 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 3 - Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other - headline in London Times (page 5)
- January 10 - The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Bill creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters, and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
- January 10 - Le Devoir first published
- January 21 - A train wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 42
- March 5 - 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
- May 4 - The Royal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Bill passes
- May 6 - King Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
- May 26 - Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
- July 31 - British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
- December 9 - a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta kills 31
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New Books
- Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Ednyfed Fychan - William Williams
- Practical Political Economy - Stephen Leacock
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- February 2 - Andrew McKeller, astrophysicist
- February 5 - Charles Philippe Leblond, pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research (d.2007)
- February 27 - Robert Bryce, civil servant (d.1997)
- June 17 - George Hees, politician and Minister (d.1996)
- June 26 - Munroe Bourne, swimmer (d.1992)
[edit] July to December
- July 17 - James Coyne, second Governor of the Bank of Canada
- July 19 - Jean Wilson, speed-skater
- July 29 - Norman Fawcett, politician (d.1997)
- August 13 - Gwendolyn Ringwood, playwright
- August 18 - Robert Winters, politician and businessman (d.1969)
- August 25 - Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and dancer (d.1993)
- August 26 - Jessie Gray, surgeon (d. 1978)
- September 10 - Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (d.1997)
- September 21 - Anne Wilkinson, poet (d.1961)
- October 8 - Ray Lewis, track and field athlete, Olympic bronze medalist, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist (d.2003)
- October 21 - Pauline Mills McGibbon, politician and 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (d.2001)
- November 14 - Michael Starr, politician and first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent (d.2000)
[edit] Full date unknown
- James Cameron, writer
- Al Clouston, storyteller, humourist and author (d.2004)
- Leo Landreville, politician and judge implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural Gas scandal (d.1996)
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 - George Murdoch, politician and 1st Mayor of Calgary (b.1850)
- February 9 - George Barnard Baker, lawyer, politician and Senator (b.1834)
- February 26 - Adelaide Hoodless, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute (b.1857)
- June 7 - Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (b.1823)
- June 9 - Charles Braithwaite, politician and agrarian leader (b.1850)
- September 2 - Hector Fabre, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and Senator (b.1834)
