1926 in Canada - Events

Events

  • February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor
  • February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning
  • June 28 – The King-Byng Affair climaxes as William Lyon Mackenzie King resigns as prime minister. Arthur Meighen becomes prime minister for the second time, but an election is forced when Meighen fails to win the confidence of the House.
  • June 24 – Monument aux Patriotes, Montreal unveiled
  • June 28 – Alberta general election, 1926: John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a second consecutive majority
  • July 1 – Canada moves back onto the gold standard
  • September 14 – Federal election: the coalition of Mackenzie King's Liberals and the Liberal-Progressives win a majority, defeating Arthur Meighen's Conservatives
  • September 25 – Mackenzie King becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Arthur Meighen
  • November 18 – British dominions given official autonomy in the Balfour Report
  • December 1 – Ontario election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority

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