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1 Events

• January 25 - Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a majority, defeating G. W. Ross's Liberals
• February 8 - Sir James Whitney becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Ross
• March 23 - Lomer Gouin becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Simon-Napoléon Parent
• July 20 - The Saskatchewan Act receives Royal Assent
• September 1 - Saskatchewan and Alberta are established as provinces in the Canadian Confederation.
• September 2 - Alexander Rutherford becomes the first premier of Alberta.
• September 5 - Walter Scott becomes the first premier of Saskatchewan.
• November 9 - Alberta election: Alexander Rutherford's Liberals win a majority in the first Alberta election
• December 13 - Saskatchewan election: Walter Scott's Liberals win a majority in the first Saskatchewan election

2 Births

• November 1November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. Events 1512 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. 1521 The Strait of Mage - Paul-Émile BorduasPaul-Emile Borduas ( November 1, 1905 February 22, 1960) was a Canadian painter known for his abstract paintings. Borduas was born in Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. At the age of fifteen he became an apprentice to Ozias Leduc, a church decorator. Leduc gave Bordu, abstract painter

3 Deaths