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.

Table of contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts nad Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent
Governor General - Vincent Massey
Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba - D.L. 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

Events

March 17 - A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended
June 9 - Ontario election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
June 29 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority
Margaret Gee becomes Canada's first Chinese-Canadian lawyer
The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created
The Bank of Toronto and the Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway

Arts nad Literature

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 the Goldberg Variations is made

Births

May 14 - Marie Chouinard, dancer
July 17 - GeneviÃÂÃÂ©ve Cadieux, artist
July 19 - Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
October 12 - Jane Siberry, singer
November 6 - Kenneth Read, skier
Vatche Arslanian, Red Cross worker
Kim Morrisse, poet

Deaths

May 10 - Tommy Burns, boxer
August 5 - Izaak Walton Killam, financier
October 1 - Charles Christie, movie producer
Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor