1929 in Canada
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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 Garfield 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
- May 29: A series of explosions rip through Ottawa's sewer system.
- September 9: James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
- September 12: The first legal forward pass in Canadian football is completed
- October 29: the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules in the Persons Case that women are eligible to be senators.
- October 29: 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, ice hockey goalie
- January 23: John Charles Polanyi, Nobel laureate
- February 12: Philip Kives, businessman
- February 28: 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 3: Béatrice Picard, actress
- July 10: Moe Norman, golfer
- July 26: Marc Lalonde, politician
- July 30: Bill Davis, Premier of Ontario
- August 1: Sidney Green, Manitoba politician
- August 3: Peter Salmon, swimmer
- 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
- November 24: Harry Oliver Bradley, politician
- December 10: Michael Snow, artist
- December 23: Patrick Watson, broadcaster
- December 28: Terry Sawchuk, hockey goalie
Deaths
- January 19: Edward Charles Bowers, politician
- October 10: Elijah McCoy, inventor
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