1943 in Canada

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Events from the year 1943 in Canada.

Events

January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years
May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell
May 18 - Harry Nixon becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Gordon Conant
May 23 - William Aberhart, premier of Alberta, dies in office
May 31 - Ernest Manning becomes premier of Alberta
July - The 1st Canadian Infantry Division is part of the invasion of Sicily.
August 4 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a minority, defeating Harry Nixon's Liberals
August 17 - George Drew becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Harry Nixon
December 20 - December 27 - Battle of Ortona rages in Italy.

January 9 - Elmer MacFadyen, politician (d.2007)
January 18 - Carl Ray, artist (d.1978)
January 23 - Bill Cameron, news anchor, television producer, columnist and author (d.2005)
January 28 - Paul Henderson, ice hockey player
February 19 - Art Hanger, politician
February 23 - Charles Dalfen, chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (d.2009)
February 27 - Gordon Earle, politician
March 15 - David Cronenberg, filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional actor
March 25 - Loyola Hearn, politician and Minister

Nancy Greene

April 1 - Shirley Render, politician
April 2 - Alan Tonks, politician
April 3 - Richard Manuel, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist (d.1986)
April 12 - Jenny Wingerson, hurdler and heptathlete
April 22 - Edwin Tchorzewski, politician (d.2008)
May 11 - Nancy Greene, alpine skier, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion, Senator
June 21 - Diane Marleau, politician and Minister

Joe Handley

July 15 - John H. Bryden, politician, journalist and historian
July 30 - Jean Friesen, politician
July 31 - Ryan Larkin, animator, artist and sculptor (d.2007)
August 9 - Joe Handley, politician and 10th Premier of the Northwest Territories
August 12 - Anne Cools, Senator
September 12 - Alain Dostie, cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
September 12 - Michael Ondaatje, novelist and poet
September 19 - Lyle Vanclief, politician and Minister
September 22 - Maurice Baril, General and Chief of the Defence Staff
September 27 - Randy Bachman, guitarist and songwriter

David Peterson in 2005

October 16 - Paul Rose, convicted of murder and kidnapping of Pierre Laporte in 1971
October 24 - Frank Pitura, politician
October 26 - Diane Gerace, high jumper
November 7 - Joni Mitchell, musician, songwriter and painter
November 13 - André-Gilles Fortin, politician (d.1977)
November 22 - Yvan Cournoyer, ice hockey player
November 27 - Nicole Brossard, poet and novelist
December 2 - Larry Grossman, politician (d.1997)
December 13 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball player
December 14 - Linda McIntosh, politician
December 28 - David Peterson, politician and 20th Premier of Ontario
December 29 - Rick Danko, musician and singer (d.1999)
December 30 - Linda Thom, shooter and Olympic gold medalist

February 9 - Albert Hickman, politician and 17th Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1875)
May 23 - William Aberhart, politician and 8th Premier of Alberta (b.1878)
July 2 - Robert James Manion, politician (b.1881)
July 4 - Gordon Sidney Harrington, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1883)
July 12 - Joseph Boutin Bourassa, politician (b.1853)
October 18 - Albert Charles Saunders, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1874)
November 26 - Charles G.D. Roberts, poet and prose writer (b.1860)
November 29 - Robert Hamilton Butts, politician (b.1871)
December 9 - Peter Dmytruk, World War II military hero (b.1920)
December 23 - Edgar Sydney Little, politician (b.1885)