Events from the year 1923 in Canada.

1923
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Canada

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  • The Duplex, a Canadian 4-cylinder automobile is built in Montreal.[2]
  • Fleetwood-Knight, a Canadian automobile is built in Kingston, Ontario.[3]

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Historical documents

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"Surely our nation is not to be wiped out" - Cree storyteller Chief Thunderchild (Piyesiw-Awasis) seeks way on "a long and difficult journey"[4]

Senate resolves to join House in accepting France's gift of 250 acres on Vimy Ridge for monument to "exploits of Canadian soldiers in the Great War"[5]

Former cabinet minister on Canada's interest in and best approach to problems in Europe[6]

PM King defends Chinese Immigration Act provisions to abolish head tax and admit merchants and students (Note: anti-Asian comments)[7]

Fuel advisor says reduce homeowners' need for U.S. coal by promoting other fuels (peat, coke, lignite) and furnace efficiency[8]

Film: several examples of electricity on Ontario farms for household use and farming[9]

Saskatchewan premier wants solution to grain marketing issue that's free of politics and divisiveness[10]

Saskatchewan employers seek cuts in pink collar workers' wages[11]

Minister of Health's Narcotic Drugs Act amendment makes "a new drug" (cannabis) illegal[12]

Local Simcoe, Ont. manufacturer donates land for future county hospital[13]

Map: Vancouver and suburbs electric railway network[14]

"The people of (B.C.) have not, as a whole, concerned themselves much with its past" - British Columbia Historical Association to change that[15]

Profile of Beautiful Joe author Margaret Marshall Saunders' menagerie[16]

Photo: Two people in automobile head earthward after leaving ramp as few dozen people watch[17]

References

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  1. ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Georgano, Nick (2000). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: Stationery Office. p. 1792. ISBN 0117023191.
  3. ^ Durnford, Hugh (1973). Cars of Canada. Canada: McClelland and Stewart. p. 384. ISBN 0771029578.
  4. ^ "Thunderchild's Conclusion" Voices of the Plains Cree (1973, 1995), pg. 50. Accessed 23 June 2021
  5. ^ "February 28[, 1923]," Senate Journals, 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 60, pg. 57 Accessed 30 April 2023
  6. ^ George E. Foster, "The European Situation" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 45-66. Accessed 28 April 2020
  7. ^ House of Commons Debates, 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3 (April 30, 1923), pgs. 2312-16. Accessed 28 April 2020
  8. ^ "Minutes of Evidence" (April 11, 1923), House of Commons Select Standing Committee on Mines and Minerals; Canadian Fuel Supply; Proceedings and Evidence, pgs. 23-4. Accessed 19 October 2020
  9. ^ "Hydro-Electric Power on the Farm" (1923), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 7 July 2024
  10. ^ "Report of Mass Meeting Addressed by Mr. Aaron Sapiro in[...]Saskatoon[,] August 7th, 1923" (truncated to a portion of Premier Dunning's remarks). Accessed 28 April 2020 http://library.usask.ca/90th/1920/1924.html (click on image to read it)
  11. ^ "Employers Ask Cut In Wage Of Women Workers; Representation Are Made To Minimum Wage Board" Regina Morning Leader (January 12, 1923), pg. 9. Accessed 28 April 2020
  12. ^ "Narcotic Drugs Act Amendment Bill" House of Commons Debates, 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3 (April 23, 1923), pg. 2124. Accessed 28 April 2020
  13. ^ Letter of William L. Innes (Christmas Eve, 1923), published in Simcoe Reformer (January 17, 1924), pg. 1. Accessed 28 April 2020 http://www.nornet.on.ca/~jcardiff/history/index.html (scroll down to Innes' Christmas gift)
  14. ^ British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited, "Vancouver City and Suburban Lines" map (1923), City of Vancouver Archives. Accessed 20 September 2022
  15. ^ (W.N. Sage,) "Introduction," First Annual Report and Proceedings; For the Year ended October 11th 1923, pg. 13 University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 7 August 2022
  16. ^ (Toronto Globe), "Dumb Folks' Friend Is Gifted Creator of 'Beautiful Joe'" The (Berwick, N.S.) Register (September 5, 1923). Accessed 28 April 2020
  17. ^ "World's Record Jump 73ft.2"[...]Edmonton, Alta, May 24th, 1923," "World's record jump" Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 28 May 2023