Events from the year 1957 in Canada.

[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. The rollout is completely overshadowed by the flight of Sputnik I the same day.
• 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
• 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)

[edit] References