1921 in Canada

1921 in Canada
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Events

March 26 - The Bluenose is launched
June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority
July 18 - Alberta general election, 1921: Herbert Greenfield's United Farmers of Alberta win a majority, defeating Premier Charles Stewart's Liberals
July 27 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin
August 13 - Herbert Greenfield becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
November 21 - Canada is granted a coat of arms by Royal Proclamation. Canada's official colours declared to be red and white
December 6 - Federal election: William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberals win a minority, defeating Arthur Meighen's Conservatives. Agnes Macphail becomes the first woman elected to Parliament. Canadian women exercise their right to vote for the first time.
December 29 - Mackenzie King becomes prime minister, replacing Arthur Meighen
The school board in Victoria, B.C., creates a segregated school for the Chinese population. After a boycott of the new school, the plan is scrapped.¹
A study of Saskatchewan school students discovers that 56% of them are infected with tuberculosis²