1955 in Canada

"See also:"
1954 in Canada,
other events of 1955,
1956 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Incumbents

*Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General: Vincent Massey
*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent
*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C. Bennett
*Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell
*Premier of New Brunswick: Hugh John Flemming
*Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
*Premier of Nova Scotia: Henry Hicks
*Premier of Ontario: Leslie Frost
*Premier of Prince Edward Island: Alex Matheson
*Premier of Quebec: Maurice Duplessis
*Premier of Saskatchewan: Tommy Douglas

Events

* January 7: The first television broadcast of the opening of parliament
* February 1: The Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
* March 17: A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended
* April 2: The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens
* June 9: Ontario general election, 1955: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
* June 29: Alberta general election, 1955: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority
* July 11: seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple in Banff National Park
* The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created
* Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway

Arts and literature

:New books
*Gabrielle Roy: "Rue Deschambault":Literary Awards
* See 1955 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Stephen Leacock Award: Robertson Davies, "Leaven of Malice":Music
*Glenn Gould's first recording of the Goldberg Variations is made

Births

* January 11: Jim Wych, snooker layer
* January 28: Odette Lapierre, long-distance runner
* February 23: Jerry Holland, fiddler
* February 25: Camille Thériault, Premier of New Brunswick
* February 27: MaryAnn Mihychuk, politician
* March 16: Andy Scott, politician
* April 6: Cathy Jones, comedian
* April 25: Jane Stewart, politician
* May 12: Yvon Godin, politician
* May 14: Marie Chouinard, dancer
* June 14: Joe Preston, politician
* July 7: Gord Mackintosh, politician
* July 17: Geneviève Cadieux, artist
* July 19: Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
* August 6: Gilles Bernier, politician
* August 19: Bev Desjarlais, politician
* August 31: Sidney McKnight, boxer
* September 4: Ian Rapps, pest control
* September 28: Stéphane Dion, cabinet minister
* October 12: Jane Siberry, singer
* November 4: Rodger Cuzner, politician
* November 6: Kenneth Read, skier
* November 10: Ken Holland, ice hockey goaltender
* December 13: Pat Martin, politician
* Vatche Arslanian, Red Cross worker
* Kim Morrissey, poet
* John Nunziata, politician

Deaths

* May 10: Tommy Burns, boxer
* August 5: Izaak Walton Killam, financier
* October 1: Charles Christie, movie producer
* Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor