1925 in Canada

Events from the year 1925 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – George V

Federal government

Governor General – Julian Byng
Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
Chief Justice – Francis Alexander Anglin
Parliament – 14th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

February 5 – Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.
February 24 – The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.
April 13 – Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland.
May 28 – Roddick Gates unveiled in Montreal.
June 2 – 1925 Saskatchewan general election: Charles Dunning's Liberals win a sixth consecutive majority
June 10 – The United Church of Canada opens for services.
June 11 – Coal miner William Davis was killed by police in the culmination of a long Cape Breton Island strike.
June 23 – First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada.
June 26 – A strike of miners in Drumheller, Alberta ends in violent confrontations.
July 16 – Edgar Rhodes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Ernest Armstrong.
September 14 – John Baxter becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Veniot
October 29 – Federal election: Arthur Meighen's Conservatives win a plurality, defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals. However, King does not resign as prime minister; he will try to govern with a minority government with the support of smaller parties and independent MPs
November 23 – John Brownlee becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, later the Royal Canadian Legion, is formed by the amalgamation of several veterans' organizations, such as the Great War Veterans Association.
The federal divorce law was changed to allow a woman to divorce her husband on the same grounds that a man could divorce his wife – simple adultery. Before this, a woman had to prove adultery in conjunction with other acts such as "sodomy" or bestiality in order to initiate a divorce.

Arts and literature

October 1 – The Vancouver School of Applied and Decorative Arts opened its doors.

Sport

March 23 and 25 – The South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Aura Lee 7 to 3 in a 2-game aggregate played in Arena Gardens in Toronto
March 30 – The Western Canada Hockey League's Victoria Cougars win their only Stanley Cup by defeating the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens 3 games to 1. The deciding game was played at Vancouver's Denman Arena. The Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup, as they would soon become the Detroit Red Wings
December 5 – The Ottawa Senators win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 24 to 1 in the 13th Grey Cup played at Ottawa's Lansdowne Park

Births

January to June

January 26 – Claude Ryan, politician
February 1 – Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon
February 7 – Hans Schmidt, professional wrestler
March 2 – Bernard Jean, lawyer and politician, member and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
March 23 – Wilson Duff, anthropologist
March 25 – Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster
March 26 – Ben Mondor, baseball executive
April 1 – Tobie Steinhouse, artist
April 4 – Claude Wagner, judge and politician
April 11 – Pierre Péladeau, businessman
May 18 – Robin Blaser, author and poet

July to September

July 21 – Johnny Peirson, ice hockey player
July 25 – Charmion King, actress

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July 29 – Ted Lindsay, ice hockey player
August 2 – William Andres, politician
August 11 – Floyd Curry, ice hockey player
August 15 – Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist and composer
August 22 – Terry Donahue, female professional baseball player
September 4 – Calvin Ruck, anti-racism activist and Senator
September 11 – Harry Somers, composer
September 24 – Dan Heap, politician

October to December

October 2 – Wren Blair, hockey coach and manager
October 6 – Bud Olson, politician, Minister and Senator
October 12 – Denis Lazure, politician
October 21 – Peter Dickinson, architect
October 21 – Louis Robichaud, lawyer, politician and 25th Premier of New Brunswick
November 8 – Allan Lawrence, politician and Minister
November 10 – Doris Anderson, author, journalist and women's rights activist
November 12 – Agnes Nanogak, illustrator
December 5 – Dave Broadfoot, comedian
December 25 – Robert Layton, politician
December 29 – Colleen Thibaudeau, poet and short-story writer

Deaths

January to June

January 25 – Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist
March 3 – William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick
March 16 – Richard Butler, editor, publisher, journalist and U.S. vice-consul
May 4 – James Cunningham, merchant and politician
May 25 – Margaret Mick, prison guard, first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty
June 18 – William Brymner, art teacher and painter

July to December

August 15 – Adam Beck, politician and hydro-electricity advocate
September 6 – George Henry Bradbury, politician
November 2 – James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician