1927 in Canada - Events

Events

  • January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal
  • March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.
  • May 28 - The Old Age Pensions Act is introduced
  • July 1 - Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country radio broadcast.
  • August 12 - Albert Saunders becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart
  • August 17 - John Oliver, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
  • August 20 - John Duncan MacLean becomes premier of British Columbia
  • September 21 - Ten railway cars carrying valuable cargo of silk went off the rail near Yale, BC. Five landed in the Fraser River.
  • October 11 - Richard Bedford Bennett, becomes leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

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