1929 in Canada - Definition and Overview

See also: 1928 in Canada, other events of 1929, 1930 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• June 6 - 1929 Saskatchewan election: James Gardiner's Liberals win a plurality, but the other parties, led by James T.M. Anderson's Conservatives, will form a coalition against Gardiner, forcing him to resign as premier
• September 9 - James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
• October 29 - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules in the Persons Case that women are eligible to be senators.
• October 19 - The crash of the New York Stock Exchange marks the beginning of the Great Depression
• October 30 - Ontario election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority

Births

• January 2 - Allen Sapp, artist
• January 17 - Jacques Plante, hockey goalie
• January 23 - John Charles Polanyi, Nobel laureate
• February 12 - Philip Kives, businessman
• February 20 - Frank Gehry, architect
• May 10 - Antonine Maillet, author
• May 10 - Peter C. Newman, journalist
• May 16 - Claude Morin, scholar
• May 18 - Walter Pitman, politician
• June 7 - John Napier Turner, Prime Minister
• June 7 - Walter Weir, Premier of Manitoba
• June 8 - Louise Maheux-Forcier, author
• June 10 - Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba politician
• June 20 - Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
• July 10 - Moe Norman, golfer
• July 26 - Marc Lalonde, politician
• July 30 - Bill Davis, Premier of Ontario
• August 1 - Sidney Green, Manitoba politician
• August 19 - Len Evans, Manitoba politician
• September 14 - Dimitri Dimakopoulos, architect
• September 22 - Paul-Marie Lapointe, author
• September 24 - Edward M. Lawson, Senator
• October 8 - Lois Smith, ballet dancer
• November 2 - Richard Taylor, physicist
• November 21 - Laurier L. LaPierre, journalist and Senator
• December 10 - Michael Snow, artist
• December 23 - Patrick Watson, broadcaster
• December 28 - Terry Sawchuk, hockey goalie

Deaths

• October 10 - Elijah McCoy, inventor