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## Incumbents

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### Crown

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* Monarch – George VI[1]

### Federal government

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* Governor General – the Viscount Alexander of Tunis[2]
* Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent
* Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec)
* Parliament – 21st

### Provincial governments

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#### Lieutenant governors

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* Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen (until February 1) then John J. Bowlen
* Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Charles Arthur Banks (until October 1) then Clarence Wallace
* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
* Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren
* Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Leonard Outerbridge
* Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
* Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Ray Lawson
* Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Alphonsus Bernard (until October 4) then Thomas William Lemuel Prowse
* Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset (until October 3) then Gaspard Fauteux
* Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – John Michael Uhrich

#### Premiers

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* Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
* Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson
* Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell
* Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
* Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
* Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald
* Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
* Premier of Prince Edward Island – J. Walter Jones
* Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
* Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas

### Territorial governments

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#### Commissioners

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* Commissioner of Yukon – John Edward Gibben (until August 15) then Andrew Harold Gibson
* Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside (until November 14) then Hugh Andrew Young

## Events

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* January 14 - The first non-stop trans-Canada flight is made
* February 14 - Nancy Hodges of British Columbia becomes the first woman in the Commonwealth elected speaker of a legislature
* Early May - The Winnipeg Flood along the Red River causes immense damage and one death in Winnipeg
* May 29 - The St. Roch becomes the first vessel to circumnavigate North America
* August 7 - Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War
* August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy
* October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed
* November 28 - Canada joins onto the Colombo Plan
* December 18 - Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea.

### Full date unknown

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* Cité libre magazine is first published
* British Columbia Provincial Police are disestablished.

## Arts and literature

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### Awards

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* See 1950 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and nominees for those awards.
* Stephen Leacock Award: Earle Birney, Turvey

## Sport

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* April 23 - The Detroit Red Wings win their fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers 4 games to 3. Due to scheduling conflicts at Madison Square Garden, all of the Rangers' home games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
* May 6 - The Quebec Junior Hockey League's Montreal Junior Canadiens win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 1. All games were held at Montreal Forum.
* November 25 - The Toronto Argonauts win their ninth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13–0 in the 38th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

## Births

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### January to March

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John Manley

* January 5
* Tom Benner, sculptor (d. 2022)
* John Manley, lawyer, businessman and politician, Deputy Prime Minister
* January 13 - Joe Fontana, politician
* January 17 - Jean Poirier, politician
* January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (d. 1982)
* February 2 - Kevin Gillis, writer, producer and director
* February 8 - Keith Milligan, politician
* February 9 - Tom Wappel, politician
* February 12 - Michael Ironside, actor, voice actor, producer, film director and screenwriter
* March 6 - Bruce Simpson, pole vaulter
* March 17 - Jackson Davies, actor
* March 23 - Jerry Storie, politician
* March 23 - Ralph Eichler, politician
* March 26 - Martin Short, comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer

### April to June

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* April 1 - Daniel Paillé, leader of the Bloc Québécois
* April 16 - Robert Dutil, Canadian businessman and politician
* April 19 - Gérard Asselin, politician and MP for Charlevoix and Manicouagan (1993-2011) (d. 2013)
* May 2 - Jose Kusugak, Inuk politician (d. 2011)
* May 10 – Dale Wilson, voice actor
* May 12 - Louise Portal, actress, singer, and director
* May 27 - Brent St. Denis, politician
* June 1 - Perrin Beatty, corporate executive and politician
* June 7 - John Wood, Olympic canoeist (d. 2013)
* June 12 - David Onley, broadcaster and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 2023)
* June 19 - Rosie Shuster, comedy writer and actress
* June 21 - Anne Carson, poet, essayist, translator and professor of Classics and comparative literature
* June 25 – Barbara Gowdy, novelist
* June 27 - Rick Cluff, radio journalist (d. 2024)

### July to September

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Jack Layton

* July 2 - Lee Maracle, writer and academic (d. 2021)
* July 5 - Deepak Obhrai, politician (d. 2019)
* July 6 - Hélène Scherrer, politician and Minister
* July 7 - Leon Benoit, politician
* July 18 - Jack Layton, politician, leader of New Democratic Party of Canada (2003-2011) and Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) (d. 2011)
* July 20 - Lucille Lemay, archer[3]
* August 2 - Sue Rodriguez, advocate for assisted suicide (d. 1994)
* August 6 - Carole Pope, rock singer-songwriter
* August 15 - Ron Lemieux, ice hockey player and politician
* August 16 - Stockwell Day, politician
* August 31 - Anne McLellan, academic, politician, Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
* September 8 - Richard Henry Bain, criminal who is charged with the September 4, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, shooting that killed Denis Blanchette.
* September 9 - Janis Babson (d. 1961)
* September 16 - Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada
* September 18 - Darryl Sittler, ice hockey player

### October to December

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John Candy Dennis Fentie

* October 17 – Val Ross, writer and journalist (d. 2008)
* October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor (d. 1994)
* November 2 - Wendy Lill, playwright and politician
* November 2 - Daryl Reid, politician
* November 5 - Susan Nattrass, sport shooter
* November 8 - Dennis Fentie, politician and 7th Premier of the Yukon
* November 14 - Colleen Peterson, singer (d. 1996)
* December 18 - Martha Johnson, pop singer and songwriter
* December 20 - Carolyn Bennett, politician
* December 21 - Lap-Chee Tsui, geneticist

### Full date unknown

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* David Barr, Commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
* Denis Simpson, singer and actor (d. 2010)

## Deaths

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### January to June

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* February 7 - Thomas Langton Church, politician and Mayor of Toronto (b. 1870)
* April 7 - Walter Huston, actor (b. 1884)

William Lyon Mackenzie King

* May 15 - Hervé-Edgar Brunelle, politician and lawyer (b. 1891)
* June 28 - James Allison Glen, politician, Minister and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1877)

### July to December

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* July 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, politician and 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
* July 25 - Gleason Belzile, politician (b. 1898)
* August 1 - Humphrey Mitchell, politician and trade unionist (b. 1894)
* August 2 - Pierre-François Casgrain, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1886)
* October 19 - Charles Ballantyne, politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (b. 1867)
* November 11 - John Knox Blair, politician, physician and teacher (b. 1873)

### Full date unknown

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* William Sanford Evans, politician (b. 1869)

## See also

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* List of Canadian films

## Historical documents

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North Korea invades South and Opposition Leader says Canada is involved through UN role and because of immediacy of modern world [4]

Moral, not strategic, stakes require defeat of North Korea, so that "naked aggression" will not destroy state created by UN [5]

Film: newsreel of Canadian airmen leaving for Korea as U.S. troops fight on defensive near Pusan invasion beachhead [6]

Canada and U.S.A. agree to further defence industry mobilization at level of cooperation seen in Second World War [7]

"It is the function of diplomacy to seek accommodation" - Canada and allies send in diplomats as well as military to end Korean War [8]

Canadian troops arrive by ship at Pusan, Korea and U.S. Army band plays "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake"[9]

"Uneasy equilibrium" - In countering Chinese attack in Korean War, Canada and allies must not provoke U.S.S.R. to start world war[10]

"Growing atmosphere of fear, suspicion, frustration, and isolation" - Authorities in Eastern Bloc countries harass diplomats [11]

"Our first duty to civilization is[...]sufficient military strength" - Prime Minister St. Laurent on liberalism against totalitarianism [12]

For federal-provincial accord on bill of rights, Senate committee says "control within Canada of the Canadian Constitution" is required[13]

Though "coloured troops introduced venereal disease[...]during the war," Canada can hardly refuse Black GIs since U.S. military integration [14]

Pakistani PM says idea that "commonwealth ties are mainly religious, historical or racial must be regarded as having outlived its use"[15]

"There is discrimination against Indians in the matter of immigration[...]and admission of relatives of Indians already settled" [16]

With Canada's "serious shortage of female domestics and nurses' aids," loans should go to Europeans in "this class of immigrant" [17]

"We can ASK...CRUSADE...DEMAND...and WIN" - Alton C. Parker and other Windsor, Ont. Blacks organize to oppose segregation [18]

Photo: Emily General from Six Nations of the Grand River shows Haldimand Treaty to members of UN Commission on Human Rights [19]

"Vast volume of water into every stream" - Signs of major flood event noted before Red River flood surge enters Manitoba [20]

Film: newsreel of Winnipeg flood extent and evacuations [21]

"Small measure of our gratitude for all the help we have had" - Britons donate unique household items to flood victims [22]

"Too willing to accept people at their face value" - RCMP security report on Canadian diplomat Herbert Norman [23]

Film: 30-minute short on cancer research and treatment includes laboratory, hospital and classroom shots, plus animation[24]

Film: newsreel of parachute personnel jumping from Dakota aircraft on practice rescue mission out of RCAF Station Trenton [25]

## References

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1. ^ "King George VI | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
2. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 142\. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
3. ^ "Lucille LEMAY - Olympic Archery | Canada". International Olympic Committee. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
4. ^ George Drew, "Supply; Department of National Defence" (June 26, 1950), House of Commons Debates, 21st Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 4, pg. 4119. Accessed 29 September 2020
5. ^ "Secretary of State for External Affairs to All Missions Abroad" (August [sic; June?] 28, 1950), Chapter II, Korean Conflict; Part 1, Creation of United Nations' Unified Command, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 16, pg. 16. Accessed 30 September 2020
6. ^ British Pathé, "Korea; Beach-Head Defences Strengthened" (1950). Accessed 27 July 2020
7. ^ United States Department of State, Letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair (September 22, 1950), Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950; The United Nations; The Western Hemisphere; Canada, pgs. 585-6. Accessed 22 August 2022
8. ^ "17. Excerpts from a broadcast by the Secretary of State for External Affairs over the Trans-Canada Network, December 5, 1950," Documents on the Korean Crisis (1951), pgs. 16-17. Accessed 28 September 2020 http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/canada_war/tribune/website/clippings/korea/Documents_on_the_Korean_Crisis18.shtml and http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/canada_war/tribune/website/clippings/korea/Documents_on_the_Korean_Crisis19.shtml
9. ^ War diary, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (December 18, 1950), PDF pg. 4. Accessed 28 September 2020 https://archives.ppcli.com/2vp-war-diary-dec-1950 (click on diary image to get scrollable PDF) song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18fL82AppJg
10. ^ United States Department of State, "Korea: Action in the United Nations" (External Affairs memorandum, December 27, 1950), The Period from November 28 to December 31, 1950[...], Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950; Korea, pgs. 1618-19. Accessed 28 September 2020
11. ^ External Affairs memorandum (March 2, 1950), Chapter I, Conduct of External Relations; Part 1, Diplomatic and Consular Representation; Section D, Iron Curtain Missions: Assessment, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 16, pg. 7. Accessed 29 September 2020
12. ^ Louis St. Laurent, "The Preservation of Civilization" (October 27, 1950). Accessed 28 September 2020 https://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/h4-4017-e.html Archived 2020-08-26 at the Wayback Machine or http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/documents/leaders/Louis_St_Laurent/Canada_and_The_Cold_War.html
13. ^ "Report" (June 21, 1950), Proceedings of the Special Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, pgs. 305-6. Accessed 7 October 2020
14. ^ "Memorandum from Defence Liaison Division to Under Secretary of State for External Affairs" (August 25, 1950), Chapter VIII, Relations with the United States; Part 1, Defence Issues; Section G, Establishment of United States Northeast Command, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 16, pg. 847. Accessed 30 September 2020
15. ^ "Appendix; Address of Honourable Liaquat Ali Khan" (May 31, 1950), House of Commons Debates, 21st Parliament, 2nd Session, Vol. 3, pg. 3044. Accessed 29 August 2021
16. ^ "Memorandum of High Commission of India, November 7, 1950: Immigration of Indians into Canada" Chapter VII, Commonwealth Relations; Part 4, Relations with Individual Countries; Section B, India: Immigration, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 16, pg. 706. Accessed 30 September 2020
17. ^ "Cabinet Document: Loans to Immigrants" (May 17, 1950), Chapter IX, Western Europe; Part 1, General; Section E, Immigration, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 16, pg. 964. Accessed 30 September 2020
18. ^ Central Citizens' Association for the Advancement of Coloured People flyer (November 16, 1950). Accessed 28 September 2020
19. ^ United Nations, "Indian Tribesmen Visit United Nations" Photo #140569 (May 8, 1950). Accessed 28 September 2020
20. ^ "Background to Disaster" "Call 320;" A Documentary Record of the 1950 Manitoba Flood and Red Cross Activities in the Disaster, pgs. 7-11. Accessed 28 September 2020
21. ^ British Pathé, "Winnipeg's Flood Peril Grows" (1950). Accessed 27 July 2020
22. ^ Women's Voluntary Services, "Token Gifts for Canada" The W.V.S. Bulletin, No. 127 (July 1950), pg. 7. Accessed 7 August 2020
23. ^ "RCMP Report on Norman" (November 27, 1950), "Death of a Diplomat: Herbert Norman & the Cold War" Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History. Accessed 28 September 2020
24. ^ National Film Board of Canada, "Challenge: Science Against Cancer" (1950). Accessed 11 April 2021
25. ^ British Pathé, "Air Rescue Practice Put To The Test" (1950). Accessed 27 July 2020

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