1948 in Canada

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Events from the year 1948 in Canada.

[edit] Events

• June 7 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a second consecutive majority
• June 24 - Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a second consecutive majority
• November 7 - Douglas Campbell becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Stuart Garson
• November 15 - Louis Saint Laurent becomes prime minister, replacing Mackenzie King
• July 22 - The Dominion of Newfoundland votes 52% to 48% to join the foreign nation of Canada in a questionable referendum.
• August 17 - Alberta general election, 1948: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a fourth consecutive majority
• October 19 - Thomas Kennedy becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Drew

[edit] Arts and Literature

[edit] Awards

• See 1948 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Paul Hiebert, Sarah Binks

[edit] Births

[edit] January to March

Frank McKenna

• January 10 - Craig Russell, female impersonator (d.1990)
• January 13 - Pat O'Brien, politician
• January 15 - Andy Jones, comedian, writer, actor and director
• January 16 - Cliff Thorburn, snooker player, former world number one
• January 19 - Frank McKenna, businessman, politician, 27th Premier of New Brunswick and diplomat
• January 25 - Sarkis Assadourian, politician
• February 11 - Shaughnessy Cohen, politician (d.1998)
• February 21 - Chuck Cadman, politician (d.2005)
• March 14 - Maria Minna, politician
• March 20 - Bobby Orr, ice hockey player
• March 31 - Gary Doer, politician and 20th Premier of Manitoba

[edit] April to June

• April 16 - Reg Alcock, politician and Minister
• April 17 - Wilf Wedmann, high jumper
• May 11 - John Plohman, politician
• May 16 - Clif Evans, politician
• May 24 - Lorna Crozier, poet and essayist
• June 4 - Margaret Gibson, novelist and short story writer (d.2006)
• June 4 - Sandra Post, golfer, first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour
• June 5 - Bill Smart, middle distance runner and judge
• June 7 - Welwyn Wilton Katz, children's author

[edit] July to September

• July 4 - Katherine Govier, novelist
• July 8 - Raffi, children's entertainer, music producer, author and entrepreneur
• August 2 - Bob Rae, politician and 21st Premier of Ontario
• August 5 - Don Scott, politician
• August 31 - Marie-Lynn Hammond, folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright
• September 8 - Stephen Owen, politician
• September 10 - Margaret Trudeau, wife of the late Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada
• September 19 - James McCrae, politician
• September 24 - Phil Hartman, actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist (d.1998)

[edit] October to December

• October 8 - Pat Binns, politician, 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island and diplomat
• October 17 - Margot Kidder, actress
• November 5 - Michael Neary, rower
• November 24 - Spider Robinson, science fiction author
• December 7 - Jay Dahlgren, javelin thrower
• December 30 - Rick Casson, politician
• December 30 - Pierre Blais, jurist, politician and Minister

[edit] Full date unknown

• Pierre Granche, sculptor (d.1997)

[edit] Deaths

• March 14 - Ernest Frederick Armstrong, politician (b.1878)
• March 28 - John Duncan MacLean, teacher, physician, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1873)
• May 20 - George Beurling, most successful Canadian fighter pilot of World War II (b.1921)
• May 21 - James Ralston, lawyer, soldier, politician and Minister (b.1881)

[edit] Full date unknown

• Margaret C. MacDonald, nurse (b.1873)