1937 in Canada
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{{Year in Canada|1937}}
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Events from the year 1937 in Canada.
Incumbents
= Crown =
= Federal government =
- Governor General – John Buchan{{cite web |title=John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/johnbuchan.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=29 January 2021}}
- Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia){{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Parliament – 18th{{cn|date=September 2023}}
= Provincial governments =
== Lieutenant governors ==
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Philip Primrose (until March 17){{cn|date=September 2023}} then John C. Bowen (from March 23){{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Eric Hamber{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William Johnston Tupper{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Murray MacLaren{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Walter Harold Covert (until April 7){{cn|date=September 2023}} then Robert Irwin{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Herbert Alexander Bruce (until November 23){{cn|date=September 2023}} then Albert Edward Matthews{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George Des Brisay de Blois{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Esioff-Léon Patenaude{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab{{cn|date=September 2023}}
== Premiers ==
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- Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
- Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
- Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – Allison Dysart
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson
= Territorial governments =
== Commissioners ==
- Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Charles Camsell{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Events
- April – A Crucifix was hung in the Montreal city council at the initiative of Joseph-Émile Dubreuil. The crucifix would hung there until 2019.{{cite news |author= |date=2020 |title=Montreal to take down 80-year-old crucifix from city chambers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/25/montreal-take-down-80-year-old-crucifix-from-city-chambers |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=}}{{cite news |author= |date=2020 |title=National Assembly might follow Montreal in removing crucifix: Legault |url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article380017.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=}}{{cite news | url=https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/rima-elkouri/201903/20/01-5219031-la-pedagogie-du-crucifix.php | title=La pédagogie du crucifix | newspaper=La Presse | date=21 March 2019 }}
- April 10 – Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway
- July 5 – Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of {{convert|113|F|order=flip}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/Canada/hottest.php|title=Hottest Place in Canada - Current Results|website=www.currentresults.com|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- August 15 – The Rowell-Sirois Commission is formed{{Cite web|url=http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic-2g03e.shtml|title=Civilization.ca - History of Canadian Medicare – 1930–1939 - Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial Relations|website=www.historymuseum.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 1 – Regular flights of Trans-Canada Air Lines begin{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/trans-canada-airlines/|title=Trans-Canada Airlines|last=Marsh|first=James H.|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- October 6 – Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a second consecutive majority{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=456|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628100038/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=456|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2013|title=Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{!}} Members (MPPs) {{!}} Past & Present MPPs {{!}} Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, MPP|website=www.ontla.on.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- November 24 – The first Governor General's Awards are given.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- First ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226 m), third highest mountain in Canada.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mount-lucania/|title=Mount Lucania|last=Boles|first=Glen|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
Sport
- April 17 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Winnipeg Monarchs win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Northern Ontario Hockey Association's Copper Cliff Redmen 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- December 11 – Toronto Argonauts win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4 to 3 in the 25th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Births
=January to June=
- January 5 – Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician and trade union leader{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/richard-cashin/|title=Richard Cashin|last=Kealey|first=Gregory S.|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- January 21 – Jim Unger, cartoonist (d. 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/05/30/herman_creator_jim_unger_dies_in_his_sleep.html|title=Herman creator Jim Unger dies in his sleep {{!}} Toronto Star|website=thestar.com|date=30 May 2012 |access-date=2016-12-30}}
- January 24 – Suzanne Tremblay, politician{{Cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1323-e.html|title=Celebrating Women's Achievements|date=2000-10-02|website=www.collectionscanada.gc.ca|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- January 26 – Maureen Hemphill, politician{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#h|title=MLA Biographies- Living|author=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|author-link=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|website=www.gov.mb.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- January 29 – Frank Iacobucci, jurist and Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada{{Cite web|url=http://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=frank-iacobucci|title=Supreme Court of Canada - Biography - Frank Iacobucci|author=Supreme Court of Canada|author-link=Supreme Court of Canada|date=2001-01-01|access-date=2016-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304205247/http://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=frank-iacobucci|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=dead}}
- January 31 – Andrée Boucher, politician and 39th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2007){{Cite web|url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070824/CPACTUALITES/70824104/6488/CPACTUALITES |title=Andrée Boucher est décédée {{!}} Actualités {{!}} Cyberpresse |date=2007-08-27 |access-date=2016-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827100836/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070824/CPACTUALITES/70824104/6488/CPACTUALITES |archive-date=2007-08-27 }}
- February 5 – Larry Hillman, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)[https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/larry-hillman-youngest-player-to-have-his-name-on-stanley-cup-dead-at-85/ Larry Hillman, youngest player to have his name on Stanley Cup, dead at 85]
- February 10 – Roy Megarry, publisher{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/archibald-roy-megarry/|title=Archibald Roy Megarry|last=Granatstein |first=J.L.|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- February 26 – Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist (d. 1997){{Cite web|url=http://www.canadianjazzarchive.org/en/musicians/hagood-hardy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075852/http://www.canadianjazzarchive.org/en/musicians/hagood-hardy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2016|title=Hagood Hardy Musician Biography {{!}} Canadian Jazz Archive Online|last=Archive|first=Canadian Jazz|date=2016-12-30|website=www.canadianjazzarchive.org|language=en|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- March 2 – Joseph B. MacInnis, diver{{Cite web|url=http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/heirloom_series/volume5/50-51.htm|title=Disclaimer - Electronic Collection|website=epe.lac-bac.gc.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- March 9
- Bernard Landry, lawyer, teacher, politician and 28th Premier of Quebec{{Cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/landry-bernard-3937/biographie.html|title=Bernard Landry – National Assembly of Quebec|website=www.assnat.qc.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- Harry Neale, ice hockey coach and broadcaster
- March 10 – Tommy Hunter, country music singer{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tommy-hunter/|title=Tommy Hunter|last=Green|first=Richard|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- March 16 – Brian Browne, jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018)
- March 26 – James Lee, politician and 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/premiersgallery/leejames.php3|title=Premiers Gallery: Premiers Gallery|last=Canada|first=Province of Prince Edward Island|website=www.gov.pe.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- March 30 – Maria Rika Maniates, musicologist (d. 2011){{cn|date=September 2023}}
- April 13 – Stan Stasiak, pro wrestler{{cn|date=September 2023}}
- April 29 – Jean Gauthier, ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins) (d. 2013){{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/g/gauthje01.html|title=Jean Gauthier Stats {{!}} Hockey-Reference.com|website=Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- May 9 – Jim Walding, politician (d. 2007){{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/political-wild-card-jim-walding-dies-in-b-c-1.666190|title=Political wild card Jim Walding dies in B.C.|newspaper=CBC News|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- May 13 – Roch Carrier, novelist{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/roch-carrier/|title=Roch Carrier|last=Snyder|first=Lorraine|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- June 15 – Toby Tarnow, actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850558/bio|title=Toby Tarnow|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-12-30}}
=July to December=
- July 12 – Michel Louvain, singer (d. 2021){{cn|date=September 2023}}
- July 30 – John de Chastelain, general, diplomat and Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (in Northern Ireland){{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-de-chastelain/|title=John de Chastelain|last=Bonikowsky|first=Laura Neilson|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- August 2 – Garth Hudson, musician{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220409231450/https://www.garthhudson.com/biography/ Garth Hudson]}}
- August 16 – David Anderson, politician and Minister{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/#q=David+Anderson+(born+1937)|title=Google|website=www.google.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- August 16 – Ian Deans, politician (d. 2016){{Cite news|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ian-deans-1937-2016-ndp-firebrand-went-on-to-head-public-service-staff-relations-board|title=Ian Deans (1937-2016): NDP firebrand went on to head Public Service Staff Relations Board|date=2016-05-03|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|language=en-US|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- August 25 – John G. Bryden, lawyer, public servant, businessman and Senator{{Cite web|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=592EB958-389F-40BF-991A-51AB74A59B0C&Language=E|title=PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - BRYDEN, The Hon. John G., B.A., LL.B.|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 2 – Len Carlson, voice actor (d. 2006)
- September 3 – Gerry Brisson, ice hockey player (d. 2013){{Cite web|url=http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-200426/Gerald_Brisson|title=BRISSON GERALD - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages|website=passages.winnipegfreepress.com|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 5 – John Dahmer, politician (d. 1988){{Cite web|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=4a794302-e5a8-4bfe-906c-461349d422ee&Language=E|title=PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - DAHMER, John|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 8 – Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (d. 1992){{Cite web|url=http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=8563|title=Obit: Barbara Frum, CBC broadcaster (1937-1992) {{!}} BillGladstone.ca|website=www.billgladstone.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 9 – Jean Augustine, politician{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-augustine/|title=Jean Augustine|last=McLeod|first=Susanna|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 12 – George Chuvalo, boxer{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/george-chuvalo/|title=George Chuvalo|last=YOUNG|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 19 – Neil Gaudry, politician (d. 1999){{Cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/gaudry_n.shtml|title=Memorable Manitobans: Neil Gaudry (1937-1999)|last=Goldsborough|first=Gordon|website=www.mhs.mb.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 23 – Jacques Poulin, novelist{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jacques-poulin/|title=Jacques Poulin|last=Rochon|first=François|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- September 27 – Guido Basso, jazz musician (d. 2023){{cite web |title=Jazz musician Guido Basso dead at 85 |date=2023-02-15 |website=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306195405/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/guido-basso-dies-obituary-1.6749221 |archive-date=2023-03-06 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/guido-basso-dies-obituary-1.6749221}}
- October 19 – Marilyn Bell, long-distance swimmer, first person to swim across Lake Ontario{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bell-marilyn/|title=Marilyn Bell|last=CALLWOOD|first=JUNE|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- October 19 – Stanley Faulder, murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952 (d. 1999){{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/faulder-executed-in-texas-1.184310|title=Faulder executed in Texas|newspaper=CBC News|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- November 4 – Michael Wilson, politician and diplomat (d. 2019){{cn|date=September 2023}}
- November 6 – Gerry St. Germain, politician{{Cite web|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=2aded756-09e6-4ac2-a09a-83c4e4548478&Language=E&MenuID=lists.senators.aspx&MenuQuery=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/lists/senators.aspx?Language=E&Parliament=&Name=Germain&Party=&Province=&Gender=&Current=False&PrimeMinister=&TermEnd=&Ministry=&DivisionName=&Picture=False|title=PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - ST. GERMAIN, The Hon. Gerry, P.C.|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- November 11 – Stephen Lewis, politician, broadcaster and diplomat{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stephen-henry-lewis/|title=Stephen Henry Lewis|last=Whitehorn|first=Alan|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- November 12
- Barbara McDougall, politician and Minister{{Cite web|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=0a78b8e5-2f53-46d3-a718-64365a688117&Language=E&Section=ALL|title=PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - MCDOUGALL, The Hon. Barbara Jean, P.C., O.C., B.A., LL.D., C.F.A.|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council (d. 2010){{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=glen-shortliffe&pid=142526603&fhid=6397|title=Glen Shortliffe's Obituary on Ottawa Citizen|website=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- December 4 – Donnelly Rhodes, actor (d. 2018){{cn|date=September 2023}}
- December 19 – Wayne Maunder, Canadian-born American actor (d. 2018){{cn|date=September 2023}}
=Date unknown=
- Élise Paré-Tousignant, music administrator and pedagogue (d. 2018){{cite news|last=Paquette|first=Valérie|title=Élise Paré-Tousignant nous a quittés|newspaper=Infoportneuf - Actualité Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier |trans-title=Élise Paré-Tousignant has left us|url=https://infoportneuf.com/2018/08/10/elise-pare-tousignant-nous-a-quittes/|publisher=InfoPortneuf|language=fr|date=August 10, 2018|access-date=November 14, 2022}}
Deaths
=January to June=
- January 21 – Marie Prevost, actress (b. 1896){{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696679/bio|title=Marie Prevost|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- January 29 – Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor (b. 1869){{Cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=5306|title=Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté|website=www.gallery.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- February 16 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1853){{Cite news|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/roblin_rodmond_palen_16E.html|title=Biography – ROBLIN, SIR RODMOND PALEN – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- March 8 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (b. 1902){{Cite web|url=http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/player/Howie-Morenz|title=Howie Morenz - Bio, pictures, stats and more {{!}} Historical Website of the Montreal Canadiens|website=ourhistory.canadiens.com|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- June 10 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854){{Cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/h4-3206-e.html|title=ARCHIVED - Borden-Biography-First Among Equals|website=www.collectionscanada.gc.ca|access-date=2016-12-30}}
=July to December=
- July 25 – Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (b. 1867){{Cite web|url=http://biography.yourdictionary.com/sir-charles-edward-saunders|title=Sir Charles Edward Saunders Facts|website=biography.yourdictionary.com|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- October 13 – Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia (b. 1867){{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/simon-fraser-tolmie/|title=Simon Fraser Tolmie|last=Roy|first=Patricia E.|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- November 21 – Matthew Robert Blake, politician (b. 1876){{Cite web|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f7523425-47e5-4a50-9f04-74f92ee172e2&Language=E&Section=ALL|title=PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - BLAKE, Matthew Robert, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.|access-date=2016-12-30}}
- December 27 – John Douglas Hazen, politician and 12th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1860){{Cite news|url=http://mynewbrunswick.ca/sir-john-douglas-hazen/|title=Sir John Douglas Hazen|date=2014-04-19|newspaper=My New Brunswick|access-date=2016-12-30}}
See also
Historical documents
With graphic descriptions of slaughter, United Church moderator expresses outrage at atrocities in Spain and ChinaPeter Bryce, [http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/bryce-peter-united-church-canada-leaflet-24-august-1937 "I Can No Longer Be Silent"] (August 24, 1937). Accessed 16 June 2020
Peace league calls national congress because "Human life, Liberty, Social Culture and the Arts hang in terrible jeopardy"Canadian League for Peace and Democracy, [http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/canadian-league-peace-and-democracy-leaflet-19-21-november-1937 "Call to Action; Canadian Congress for Peace and Democracy"] (1937). Accessed 16 June 2020
Links to entire congress brochure:
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Ontario Lieutenant-Governor endorses Youth Crusade for Peace: "Youth of the world should have a decisive voice"[http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/bruce-herbert-alexander-lieutenant-governor-ontario-leaflet-12-october-1937 Letter of Herbert A. Bruce] (Government House, Toronto, October 12, 1937). Accessed 16 June 2020
J.W. Dafoe, J.S. Woodsworth, Sidney E. Smith and others lead weekly 1937 radio broadcast discussions on various Canadian defence policies[https://wartimecanada.ca/document/world-war-ii/speeches-and-broadcasts/canadian-defence-what-we-have-defend Canadian Defence; What We Have to Defend] (1937). Accessed 17 May 2022
On committee studying death penalty, MP Agnes Macphail argues criminally insane murderers should suffer death like other killersTestimony of M.F. Gallagher (February 23, 1937), Special Committee on the Criminal Code (Death Penalty), [https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1802_2_1/58?r=0&s=1 pgs. 36-7] Accessed 27 October 2020
Commons debates Trans-Canada Air Lines (when planes went through mountain passes on 16-hour Winnipeg-Vancouver flights)[http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1802_03/397?r=0&s=1 "Trans-Canada Air Lines; Arrangement with Corporation Respecting Lines and Services for Transport of Passengers, Goods and Mails"] (April 1, 1937), House Of Commons Debates, 18th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3, pgs. 2443-61. Accessed 16 June 2020
Call for more British immigrants to allow West "to develop a race of people that is strong, sturdy and self-reliant"Garnet Neff, [http://speeches.empireclub.org/60783/data?n=173 "Can Canada Remain British"] (February 4, 1937), The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 194-208. Accessed 16 June 2020
"The danger is that the Chinese or Japanese by inter-marriage would absorb our own race" - race fear in denying vote to "oriental"Testimony of Thomas Reid, MP: [https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1802_3_1/245?r=0&s=1 "Assimilability of the Oriental"] (March 11, 1937), [House] Special Committee on Elections and Franchise Acts, pgs. 209-10. Accessed 27 October 2020
Alberta Social Credit government's "accurate news" bill amended in face of "almost[...]Fascism" and "dictatorship" criticismB.T. Richardson, "Yields to Pressure; Alta. Government Amends Vigorously-Criticized Newspaper Bill," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Vol. LXV, No. 29 (October 5, 1937), [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SCE0ypLQHGcC&dat=19371005&printsec=frontpage&hl=en pgs. 1, 8]. Accessed 16 June 2020
Britain's debt to Newfoundland, in its history of exploiting and leaving it underdeveloped, balances assuming its liabilities currentlyJ.A. Cochrane, [http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cluny/id/1463 "Mother Country's Debt to Newfoundland"] (February 22, 1937), Dr. Cluny Macpherson Notebook 1, pgs. 59-65a. Accessed 17 June 2020
Calling him "sly" and "delightful," newspaper profiles judge representing Canada on Trail, B.C. fumes tribunalA.C.L. Jr., [https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/clipping/id/6485 "Canadian Fume Member Charms; Chief Justice Greenshields of Tribune (sic) Has Keen Sense of Humor"] (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review (July 24, 1937). Accessed 17 June 2020
Canadian studying at Harvard writes about friends fighting in Spain and his fervour for communism[http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/norman/archives/privateletter/5581en.html Letter of Herbert Norman] (March 3, 1937). Accessed 17 June 2020
Report of cooperative Canadian and U.S. work done on site of Champlain's Habitation of Port Royal in Nova ScotiaHarriet Taber (Mrs. Frederick A.) Richardson, [https://novascotia.ca/archives/Habitation/archives.asp?ID=11 "A Report on the Work Accomplished for Rebuilding the Habitation of Port Royal, New France, at Lower Granville, Nova Scotia"] (July 22, 1937). Accessed 17 June 2020
Artist Emily Carr enjoys reasonably good sketching trip despite days of pouring rain[https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/emily-carr-victoria-british-columbia-canada-letter-to-john-davis-hatch-18313 Letter of Emily Carr] (ca. 1937), Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Accessed 1 January 2025
Advertisement for Westinghouse World Cruiser Radio - "Tonal Fidelity Reflects the Living Image of Each Broadcast Note"Canadian Westinghouse Co. Limited, [https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r41j97r3h "Fidelity"] Canadian Home Journal (1937). Accessed 16 June 2020
Two Canadian Pacific Railway dining car menusCanadian Pacific, [http://menus.nypl.org/menus/30593 "The Chateau Frontenac; In Old Quebec"] and [http://menus.nypl.org/menus/30594/ "Evangeline at the Well; Grand Pré, Nova Scotia"] (April 3, 1937). (See also [https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0356902 "Dinner menu from the Dominion train from 1936"]) Accessed 17 June 2020
Cover art: Menu from Empress of Britain world cruise[https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0372261 "Meridian Day dinner menu from the Empress of Britain"] The Chung Collection, University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 21 April 2024
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