1952 in Canada
See also:
1951 in Canada
,
other events of 1952
,
1953 in Canada
and the
list of 'years in Canada'
.
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Incumbents
Prime Minister
-
Louis Saint Laurent
Governor General
-
Earl Alexander of Tunis
then
Vincent Massey
Premier of Alberta
-
Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia
-
Byron Johnson
then
W.A.C. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba
-
Douglas Campbell
Premier of New Brunswick
- John McNair then
Hugh John Flemming
Premier of Newfoundland
-
Joey Smallwood
Premier of Nova Scotia
- Angus Macdonald
Premier of Ontario
-
Leslie Frost
Premier of Prince Edward Island
- Walter Jones
Premier of Quebec
-
Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Saskatchewan
-
Tommy Douglas
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Events
January 24
-
Vincent Massey
appointed first
Canada
-born
Governor-General of Canada
February 6
-
Elizabeth II
becomes
Queen of Canada
upon the death of her father
George VI
.
February 14
-
February 25
-
Winter Olympics
in
Oslo
, Canada wins men's hockey gold
February 24
- At the
1952 Winter Olympics
the Canadian hockey team wins gold
June 11
-
Saskatchewan
election:
Tommy Douglas
's
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
wins a third consecutive majority
May 25
-
Korean War
: Canadian troops are dispatched to the troubled Koje-Do
POW
facility
August 1
-
W. A. C. Bennett
becomes premier of
British Columbia
, replacing
Byron Johnson
August 5 -
Alberta
election:
Ernest Manning
's
Social Credit Party
wins a fifth consecutive majority
Fighting in the
Korean War
drags on as the factions attempt to negotiate an armistice.
September 6
- The first
CBC
television
station goes on the air in
Montreal, Quebec
September 16
- The Boyd Gang is captured
October 8
-
Hugh John Flemming
becomes premier of
New Brunswick
, replacing John McNair
October 14
-
Lester B. Pearson
is elected President of the United Nations
The pension system is reformed with the introduction of the Old Age Security Act.
The
Detroit Red Wings
sweep the
Montreal Canadiens
to win the
Stanley Cup
Roy Thomson
acquires
The Scotsman
and emigrates to Britain
Painters Eleven founded
Thomas B. Costain
-
The Silver Chalice
Literary awards
See
1952 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award
: Jan Hilliard,
The Salt Box
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Births
June 22
-
Graham Greene
, actor
July 1
-
Dan Aykroyd
, actor
July 3
-
Rohinton Mistry
, author
July 6
- George Athans, water skier
October 22
- Peggy Baker, dancer
November 27
-
Sheila Copps
, politician
Di Brandt
, poet
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Deaths
August 30
-
Henri Bourassa
-
Quebec
politician