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See also: 1922 in Canada , 1924 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada' .
Incumbents
Events January 1 - The Department of National Defence comes into beingJanuary 24 - Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia , replacing George H. Murray , who had governed for 27 yearsFebruary 28 - Peter Veniot becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Walter Foster March 2 - The Halibut Treaty signed with the United States is Canada's first international treaty not signed under the auspices of the United Kingdom March 14 - World's first complete play-by-play radio broadcast of a professional hockey game is done by Pete Parker in Regina .March 22 - Foster Hewitt announces his first hockey gameJune 25 - Ontario election: Howard Ferguson 's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Ernest Drury 's United Farmers of Ontario July 1 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 came into effect, banning all Chinese from entering Canada except for businessmen, diplomats, foreign students, and "special circumstances"July 16 - Howard Ferguson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Ernest DruryAugust 17 - The Home Bank of Montreal failsOctober 8 - A longshoreman 's stike beigns in Vancouver October 25 - Frederick Banting and John Macleod win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin September 5 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing J.H. Bell Canadian National Railway is formed by merger of Canadian Government Railways , Canadian Northern Railway , Grand Trunk Pacific Railway , and Grand Trunk Railway .Marijuana is made illegal in Canada
Arts and literature New books
Births January 1 - Roméo Sabourin , war heroMarch 1 - Uno Helava, inventorMarch 2 - Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, painterMarch 4 - Stanley Haidasz , politicianMarch 10 - Richard Doyle , newspaper editorMarch 15 - Laurent Desjardins , Manitoba politicianMarch 19 - Henry Morgentaler, abortion activistMarch 30 - Milton Acorn , poetApril 7 - Aba Bayefsky , artistApril 16 - Samuel Nathan Cohen, criticApril 25 - Melissa Hayden, dancerMay 5 - John Black Aird , Lieutenant Governor of OntarioMay 18 - Jean-Louis Roux , actorJuly 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus , Nobel laureateJuly 31 - Victor Goldbloom , Quebec politicianAugust 3 - Robert Campeau , businessmanAugust 6 - Paul T. Hellyer , politicianAugust 21 - Robert Stewart , scientistSeptember 1 - Kenneth Thomson , businessmanSeptember 2 - David Lam , Lieutenant Governor of British ColumbiaSeptember 18 - Bertha Wilson , Supreme Court JusticeOctober 7 - Jean-Paul Riopelle , painterOctober 23 - Réjane L. Colas, juristNovember 1 - Gordon R. Dickson , authorNovember 2 - Harold Horwood , writerNovember 22 - Arthur Hiller , film directorKildare Dobbs , writer
Deaths
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Calendar - Canada - 1923 (253 words)
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