1957 in Canada
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Events from the year 1957 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Vincent Massey
- Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent then John Diefenbaker
- Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba - Douglas Campbell
- Premier of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming
- Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield
- Premier of Ontario - Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alex Matheson
- Premier of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas
[edit] Events
- January 1 - The first Canadian peackeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis
- January 17 - The HMCS Bonaventure, Canada's only aircraft carrier, is commissioned
- March 6 - Quebec's Padlock Law is ruled unconstitutional
- March 20 - The seven month long Murdochville Strike begins
- March 28 - The Canada Council is established
- June 10 - Federal election: John Diefenbaker's PCs win a minority, defeating Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals
- June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister, replacing Louis Saint Laurent
- July 31 - The DEW Line begins operation
- September 12 - Canada and the United States sign the NORAD agreement
- October 4 - The first prototype Avro Arrow is presented to the media
- October 12 - Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Suez Crisis
- October 13 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so
- November 22 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opens
- Thanksgiving is moved to its current date
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New works
- F.R. Scott - The Eye of the Needle: Satire, Sorties, Sundries[1]
- Mordecai Richler - A Choice of Enemies
- W.L. Morton - Manitoba: The Birth of a Province
- Farley Mowat - The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
- Northrop Frye - Anatomy of Criticism
[edit] Awards
- See 1957 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Robert Thomas Allen The Grass Is Never Greener
[edit] Television
- Front Page Challenge premiers on CBC
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 22 - Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
- January 28 - Michael Baker, politician (d.2009)
- February 17 - Loreena McKennitt, singer, composer, harpist and pianist
- March 10 - Shannon Tweed, actress
- April 29 - Leona Dombrowsky, politician
- May 4 - Kathy Kreiner, alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist
- May 14 - Gilles Bisson, politician
[edit] July to September
- July 2 - Bret Hart, wrestler and actor
- July 9 - George Nagy, swimmer
- July 15 - Craig Martin, soccer player and coach
- August 11 - Tony Valeri, politician
- August 15 - David L. Anderson, politician
- August 16 - Mark Evans, rower and Olympic gold medalist
- August 16 - Michael Evans, rower and Olympic gold medalist
- August 20 - Cindy Nicholas, athlete and politician
- August 23 - Georges Farrah, politician
- August 26 - Rick Hansen, paraplegic athlete and activist for people with spinal cord injuries
[edit] October to December
- October 10 - Art Boileau, long-distance runner
- October 26 - Glen Murray, politician
- October 30 - Joseph Cordiano, politician and Minister
- November 22 - Glen Clark, politician and 31st Premier of British Columbia
- November 30 - Colin Mochrie, comedian and actor
- December 4 - Rob Shick, ice hockey referee
- December 5 - Paul Steele, rower and Olympic gold medalist
- December 6 - Louis Jani, judoka
- December 12 - Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, 16th Governor General of Canada (b.1874)
- August 21 - Nels Stewart, ice hockey player (b.1902)
- August 26 - Joseph Tyrrell, geologist, cartographer and mining consultant (b.1858)
- October 21 - Arthur Puttee, politician (b.1868)
- October 31 - Martha Black, politician and the second woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons (b.1866)
- December 10 - Roland Fairbairn McWilliams, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1874)
- December 29 - Humphrey T. Walwyn, naval officer and Governor of Newfoundland (b.1879)
