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INCUMBENTS

Monarchy In Canada - King George VI then Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Earl Alexander Of Tunis then Vincent Massey

Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent

Premier Of Alberta - Ernest Manning

Premier Of British Columbia - Byron Johnson then W.A.C. Bennett

Premier Of Manitoba - Douglas Campbell

Premier Of New Brunswick - John McNair then Hugh John Flemming

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Angus Macdonald

Premier Of Ontario - Leslie Frost

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - J. Walter Jones

Premier Of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas

EVENTS

January 24 - Vincent Massey appointed first Canada -born Governor-General Of Canada

February 6 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen Of Canada upon the death of her father George VI .

February 14 - February 25 - Winter Olympics in Oslo , Canada wins men's hockey gold

February 24 - At the 1952 Winter Olympics the Canadian hockey team wins gold

's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a third consecutive majority

POW facility

August 1 - W.A.C. Bennett becomes premier of British Columbia , replacing Byron Johnson

August 5 - 's Social Credit Party wins a fifth consecutive majority

Fighting in the Korean War drags on as the factions attempt to negotiate an armistice.

September 6 - The first CBC Television station, CBFT , goes on the air in Montreal, Quebec

September 8 - CBLT (CBC Toronto ) goes on air

September 16 - The Boyd Gang is captured

October 8 - Hugh John Flemming becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing John McNair

October 14 - Lester B. Pearson is elected President Of The United Nations

The pension system is reformed with the introduction of the Old Age Security Act .

The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup

Roy Thomson acquires '' The Scotsman '' and emigrates to Britain

Painters Eleven founded

Atomic Energy Canada founded

ARTS AND CULTURE

:New books

Thomas B. Costain - ''The Silver Chalice''

See 1952 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''The Salt Box''

BIRTHS

February 18 - Bernard Valcourt , politician

February 27 - Maureen McTeer , wife of Joe Clark

March 4 - Svend Robinson , politician

May 13 - Mary Walsh , politician

May 17 - Howard Hampton , Ontario politician

June 2 - Ferron , musician

June 22 - Graham Greene , actor

June 29 - David Dingwall , politician

July 1 - Dan Aykroyd , actor

July 1 - Deborah Grey , politician

July 3 - Rohinton Mistry , author

July 6 - George Athans , water skier

July 25 - Nancy Allan , Manitoba politician

August 9 - Gary Kowalski , Manitoba politician

September 8 - Sue Barnes , politician

September 10 - Vic Toews , politician

September 12 - Neil Peart , musician

October 2 - Marie Deschamps , jurist

October 22 - Peggy Baker , dancer

November 10 - Jim Maloway . Manitoba politician

November 16 - Candas Dorsey , poet and novelist

November 27 - Sheila Copps , politician

December 12 - Herb Dhaliwal , cabinet minister

Di Brandt , poet

David Macfarlane , journalist and novelist

DEATHS

August 30 - Henri Bourassa - Quebec politician