1957_in_Canada Knowpia

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Events from the year 1957 in Canada.

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January 1 – The first Canadian peacekeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis
January 17 – HMCS Bonaventure, Canada's third and last 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
April 15 - White Rock secedes from Surrey, British Columbia, following a referendum.
April 27 - The SS Moyie takes her final voyage.
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 14:
- Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so^[3]
- Thanksgiving is moved to its current date, the second Monday in October
Equalization payments are established.

April 16 – The Montreal Canadiens win their ninth Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at the Montreal Forum
May 6 – Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Flin Flon Bombers win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Independent Ottawa-Hull Canadiens 4 games to 3. The deciding Game 7 was played at the Regina Exhibition Stadium
June 14 – Édouard Carpentier (Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz) defeats Lou Thesz to become the 2nd Canadian NWA World Heavyweight Champion
November 30 – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their 2nd Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32–7 in the 45th Grey Cup at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

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

January 8 - Wendy Mesley, broadcast journalist
January 22 – Mike Bossy, ice hockey player (d. 2022)
January 28 – Michael Baker, politician (d. 2009)
February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, singer, composer, harpist and pianist
March 10 – Shannon Tweed, actress
March 24 - Olivia Chow, politician and widow of Jack Layton
April 20 – Bryan Illerbrun, football player (d. 2013)
April 29 – Leona Dombrowsky, politician
May 4 – Kathy Kreiner, alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist
May 14 – Gilles Bisson, politician
May 17 – Todd Hardy, leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 2002 to 2009 (d. 2010)
June 12 – Benedict Campbell, actor

Bret Hart

Darrell Dexter

July 2 – Bret Hart, wrestler and actor
July 6 – Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
July 9 – George Nagy, swimmer
July 15 – Craig Martin, soccer player and coach
July 22 - Michèle Dionne, wife of Jean Charest, 29th Prime Minister of Quebec
July 26 – Mark Paré, National Hockey League linesman
August 6 – Francesca Gagnon, singer
August 11 – Tony Valeri, politician
August 15 – David L. Anderson, politician
August 15 - Richard Ayres, Business owner, Mechanic, Carpenter, Great Father
August 16 – Mark Evans, rower and Olympic gold medallist
August 16 – J. Michael Evans, rower and Olympic gold medallist
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
September 10 – Darrell Dexter, politician and 27th Premier of Nova Scotia
September 23 – Sylvie Garant, model

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 House of Commons of Canada (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)

^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
^ Long, Tania (15 October 1957). "Queen in Coronation Gown Opens Ottawa Parliament; Ermine and Television QUEEN IS RADIANT AT OTTAWA RITES Chamber Long Filled Duke in Uniform Heat Becomes Oppressive". The New York Times. Page 1, columns 2-5. Retrieved 29 May 2023.