Events from the year 1923 in Canada .
Provincial governments [ edit ] Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Territorial governments [ edit ] January 1 – The Department of National Defence comes into being
January 24 – Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia , replacing George Henry Murray , who had governed for 27 years
February 28 – Peter Veniot becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing Walter Foster
April 23 – Marijuana is prohibited soon after the House of Commons passes a bill on this date that includes making marijuana illegal
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 Charles Drury 's United Farmers of Ontario
July 1 – The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
July 16 – Howard Ferguson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Ernest Charles Drury
July 26- Warren G Harding visits Vancouver the first sitting American president to visit Canada post confederation
August 18 – The Home Bank of Canada fails
September 5 – James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing John Howatt Bell
October 8 – A stevedore 's strike begins in Vancouver
October 10 – Canadian National Railway is formed by merger of Canadian Government Railways , Canadian Northern Railway , Grand Trunk Pacific Railway , and Grand Trunk Railway
October 25 – Frederick Banting and Charles Best win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin
October 31 – Louis-Philippe Brodeur becomes Quebec 's 13th Lieutenant Governor The Duplex , a Canadian 4-cylinder automobile is built in Montreal.[ 2]
Fleetwood-Knight , a Canadian automobile is built in Kingston, Ontario.[ 3] Arts and literature [ edit ] January 1 – Roméo Sabourin , World War II spy (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 )
January 27 – Marcelle Corneille , administrator and educator (d. 2019 )
February 4 – Conrad Bain , actor (Maude , Diff'rent Strokes 2013 )
March 1 – Uno Helava , inventor
March 2 – Ghitta Caiserman-Roth , painter (d. 2005 )
March 4 – Stanley Haidasz , politician (d. 2009 )
March 10 – Richard Doyle , journalist, editor and Senator (d. 2003 )
March 15 – Laurent Desjardins , politician (d. 2012 )
March 19 – Henry Morgentaler , physician and pro choice advocate (d. 2013 )
March 23 - James Barber , cookbook author and television chef (d. 2007 )
March 30 – Milton Acorn , poet, writer and playwright (d. 1986 ) April 7 – Aba Bayefsky , artist and teacher (d. 2001 )
April 25 – Melissa Hayden , ballerina (d. 2006 )
May 5 – John Black Aird , lawyer, politician and 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 1995 )
May 9 – Reuben Baetz , politician (d. 1996 )
May 18 – Jean-Louis Roux , entertainer and playwright
May 20 – Frank Morris , Canadian football player (d. 2009 )
June 3 – Phil Nimmons , jazz musician (d. 2024 )
June 5 – Roger Lebel , actor (d. 1994 )
June 6 – Bruce Campbell , Edmonton alderman (d. 2011 ) July 21 – Rudolph A. Marcus , chemist and 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
July 25 – Bill Fitsell , sports journalist and historian (d. 2020 )
July 31 – Victor Goldbloom , pediatrician, lecturer and politician (d. 2016 )
August 3 – Robert Campeau , financier and real estate developer
August 6 – Paul Hellyer , politician and commentator
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 (d. 2010 )
September 7 – Byron Seaman , businessman and part owner of the Calgary Flames (d. 2021 )
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 ) October to December [ edit ] October 7 – Jean-Paul Riopelle , painter and sculptor (d. 2002 )
October 10 - Kildare Dobbs , short story and travel writer (d. 2013 )
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 27 – Bruno Bobak , artist (d. 2012 )
1923 in North America
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