history 2 some people to know
Norman Bethune
-Canadian surgeon and political activist
-first mobile blood bank (Spanish civil war)
-did blood transfusions on the battlefield
mary pickford
-famous canadian silent movie actress in 1929's
-went to hoolywood
-"americas sweet heart"
-a founder of the motion picture academy
charlie chaplin
-american silent movie star popular in canada
rudolph valentino
-famous american silent movie actor popular in canada
-known as the latin lover
lionel conacher
-known as "the big train"
-canadian athlete and politician
-voted as canadas athlete of the half century (1900-1950)
-played football, lacrosse, wrestling, hockey and baseball
foster hewitt
-radio broadcaster in canada
-first one to do hockey night in canada play by play calls
-"he shoots, he scores"
lord balfour
-a british politician
-led the committee at the imperial conference to discuss the dominions of british empire getting freedom to govern themselves
-his report (the balfour report) gave canada the freedom to govern itself (autonomy)
lord byng
-governor general under prime minister king
- the governor general represents british king or queen in canada
-in 1926 he refused the prime ministers request to call an election
-no governor general ever did this again
arthur evans
-known as slim evans
-socialist / trade union organizer
-helped organize the on to ottawa trek
r.b.bennett
-prime minister of canada during the depression (after mackenzie king)
-tried to fix depression by increasing tariffs, giving governemtn relief to farmers and the unemployed, set up work relief camps
-unemploymemt and farm relief act
mackenzie king
-prime minister at the beginning of the depression
-thought it would resolve itself without him doing anything
william aberhart
-known as bible bill
-led the first social credit party in alberta in 1935
-paid a social credit of 25$ to every adult in alberta but no one actually got the money (funny money)
the dionne quintuplets
-first to survive in world
-were world famous
-born in callander ontario in 1935
-they became wards of the government and were expolited
maurice duplessis
-led union nationale in quebec
william aberhart
-led the canadian social credit party
james woodworth
-ccf canadian commonwealth federation