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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Georges Vanier

Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker

Premier Of Alberta - Ernest Manning

Premier Of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett

Premier Of Manitoba - Duff Roblin

Premier Of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming

Premier Of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield

Premier Of Ontario - Leslie Frost

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Alex Matheson then Walter Shaw

Premier Of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis then Paul Sauvé

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas

EVENTS

February 20 - Avro Arrow project is terminated

April 1 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opens

's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority

's Social Credit Party wins a seventh consecutive majority

June 20 - The Escuminac Disaster results in 35 fishermen drowned or missing and 22 fishing boats sunk.

September 7 - Maurice Duplessis , Premier of Quebec , dies in office

September 11 - Paul Sauvé becomes premier of Quebec

September 15 - Georges Vanier is sworn in as Governor General replacing Vincent Massey . He is the first French Canadian Governor General.

September 16 - Walter Shaw becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing Alex Matheson

November 1 - Jacques Plante becomes the first goalie to wear a protective face mask

November 18 - Canadian Content rules are introduced for television

December 2 - York University is founded

National Energy Board Of Canada is created

Farm Credit Corporation established

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New books

Mordecai Richler - ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz''

Hugh MacLennan - ''The Watch That Ends the Night''

Farley Mowat - ''Grey Seas Under''

Max Aitken - ''Friends''

Gordon R. Dickson - ''Dorsai!''

See 1959 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

BIRTHS

January 1 — Sharon Bayes , field hockey goalkeeper

January 3 — Dwight Duncan , politician

January 11 — Rob Ramage , ice hockey player

April 6 — Jim Rondeau , politician

April 13 — Genevieve Brunet , Canadian female cyclist

April 15 — Kevin Lowe , ice hockey player

April 20 — Stephen Harper , politician

April 22 — Ryan Stiles , comedian

April 30 — Paul Gross , actor

May 14 — Rick Vaive , ice hockey player

May 17 — David Andres , politician

June 4 — Rex Barnes , politician

June 12 — Scott Thompson , comedian

June 28 — Brad Fraser , playwright

July 16 — Joanna MacGregor , politician

August 29 — Chris Hadfield , astronaut

September 29 — Robert Thibault , politician

October 14 — Dominic Agostino , politician

November 5 — Bryan Adams , singer

November 17 — Guy André , politician

November 22 — Geoff Regan , politician

DEATHS

January 26 - Barbara Hanley , Canada's first female Mayor

June 3 - Filip Konowal , WWI Victoria Cross recipient

September 7 - Maurice Duplessis , Premier of Quebec