Events from the year 1923 in Canada. [edit] Incumbents [edit] Events - January 1 - The Department of National Defence comes into being
- January 24 - Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing George H. Murray, who had governed for 27 years
- February 28 - Peter Veniot becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Walter Foster
- March 2 - The Halibut Treaty signed with the United States is Canada's first international treaty not signed under the auspices of the United Kingdom
- June 25 - Ontario election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Ernest Drury's United Farmers of Ontario
- July 1 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 comes into effect, banning all Chinese from entering Canada except for businessmen, diplomats, foreign students, and "special circumstances"
- July 16 - Howard Ferguson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Ernest Drury
- August 17 - The Home Bank of Montreal fails
- October 8 - A stevedore's strike begins in Vancouver
- October 25 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin
- September 5 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing J.H. Bell.
[edit] Full date unknown [edit] Arts and literature [edit] New books [edit] Births [edit] January to March - January 1 - Roméo Sabourin, World War II hero (d.1944)
- January 7 - Hugh Kenner, literary scholar, critic and professor (d.2003)
- January 21 - Judith Merril, science fiction writer, editor and political activist (d.1997)
- March 1 - Uno Helava, inventor
- March 2 - Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, painter
- March 4 - Stanley Haidasz, politician
- March 10 - Richard Doyle, journalist, editor and Senator (d.2003)
- March 15 - Laurent Desjardins, politician
- March 19 - Henry Morgentaler, physician and pro choice advocate
- March 30 - Milton Acorn, poet, writer and playwright (d.1986)
[edit] April to June [edit] July to September - July 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus, chemist and 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- July 31 - Victor Goldbloom, pediatrician, lecturer and politician
- August 3 - Robert Campeau, financier and real estate developer
- August 6 - Paul Hellyer, politician and commentator
- August 21 - Robert William Stewart, scientist
- September 1 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, businessman and art collector (d.2006)
- September 2 - David Lam, businessman and 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- September 18 - Bertha Wilson, jurist and first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d.2007)
- September 21 - Robert Uffen, research geophysicist, professor, and university administrator (d.2009)
[edit] October to December - October 7 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter and sculptor (d.2002)
- October 22 - Rodrigue Bourdages, politician (d.1997)
- October 22 - Norman Levine, short-story writer, novelist and poet (d.2005)
- October 23 - Réjane L. Colas, jurist
- November 1 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (d.2001)
- November 2 - Harold Horwood, novelist and non-fiction writer (d.2006)
- November 11 - Donald Tolmie, politician (d.2009)
- November 22 - Arthur Hiller, film director
- December 23 - Bruno Bobak, artist
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