1955 in Canada

See also: 1954 in Canada, other events of 1955, 1956 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Events

January 7: The first television broadcast of the opening of parliament
February 1: The Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
March 17: A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended
April 2: The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens
June 9: Ontario general election, 1955: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
June 29: Alberta general election, 1955: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority
July 11: seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple in Banff National Park
The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created
Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway

Arts and literature

New books

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 Goldberg Variations is made

Births

January 11: Jim Wych, snooker layer
January 28: Odette Lapierre, long-distance runner
February 23: Jerry Holland, fiddler
February 25: Camille Thériault, Premier of New Brunswick
February 27: MaryAnn Mihychuk, politician
March 16: Andy Scott, politician
April 6: Cathy Jones, comedian
April 25: Jane Stewart, politician
May 12: Yvon Godin, politician
May 14: Marie Chouinard, dancer
June 14: Joe Preston, politician
July 7: Gord Mackintosh, politician
July 17: Geneviève Cadieux, artist
July 19: Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
August 6: Gilles Bernier, politician
August 19: Bev Desjarlais, politician
August 31: Sidney McKnight, boxer
September 4: Ian Rapps, pest control
September 28: Stéphane Dion, cabinet minister
October 12: Jane Siberry, singer
November 4: Rodger Cuzner, politician
November 6: Kenneth Read, skier
November 10: Ken Holland, ice hockey goaltender
December 13: Pat Martin, politician
Vatche Arslanian, Red Cross worker
Kim Morrissey, poet
John Nunziata, politician

Deaths

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

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