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Events from the year 1923 in Canada .
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January 1 - The Department of National Defence comes into being
January 24 - Ernest Armstrong becomes premier of Nova Scotia , replacing George H. Murray , who had governed for 27 years
February 28 - Peter Veniot becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Walter Foster
April 23 - Marijuana is prohibited soon after the House of Commons passes a bill on this date that includes making marijuana illegal
March 2 - The Halibut Treaty signed with the United States is Canada's first international treaty not signed under the auspices of the United Kingdom
June 25 - Ontario election : Howard Ferguson 's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Ernest Drury 's United Farmers of Ontario
July 1 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 comes into effect, banning all Chinese from entering Canada except for businessmen, diplomats, foreign students, and "special circumstances"
July 16 - Howard Ferguson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Ernest Drury
August 17 - The Home Bank of Montreal fails
September 5 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing J.H. Bell .
October 8 - A stevedore 's strike begins in Vancouver
October 10 - Canadian National Railway#Creation of the company, 1918–1923 is formed by merger of Canadian Government Railways , Canadian Northern Railway , Grand Trunk Pacific Railway , and Grand Trunk Railway
October 25 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of insulin
October 31 - Louis-Philippe Brodeur becomes Quebec 's 13th Lieutenant Governor .
Arts and literature [ edit ]
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January to March [ edit ]
January 1 - Roméo Sabourin , World War II hero (d.1944 )
January 7 - Hugh Kenner , literary scholar, critic and professor (d.2003 )
January 21 - Judith Merril , science fiction writer, editor and political activist (d.1997 )
February 4 - Conrad Bain , actor (Maude , Diff'rent Strokes ) (d.2013 )
March 1 - Uno Helava , inventor
March 2 - Ghitta Caiserman-Roth , painter
March 4 - Stanley Haidasz , politician (d.2009 )
March 10 - Richard Doyle , journalist, editor and Senator (d.2003 )
March 15 - Laurent Desjardins , politician (d.2012 )
March 19 - Henry Morgentaler , physician and pro choice advocate (d.2013 )
March 30 - Milton Acorn , poet, writer and playwright (d.1986 )
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July 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus , chemist and 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
July 31 - Victor Goldbloom , pediatrician, lecturer and politician
August 3 - Robert Campeau , financier and real estate developer
August 6 - Paul Hellyer , politician and commentator
August 21 - Robert William Stewart , scientist
September 1 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet , businessman and art collector (d.2006 )
September 2 - David Lam , businessman and 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d.2010 )
September 18 - Bertha Wilson , jurist and first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d.2007 )
September 21 - Robert Uffen , research geophysicist , professor , and university administrator (d.2009 )
October to December [ edit ]
October 7 - Jean-Paul Riopelle , painter and sculptor (d.2002 )
October 22 - Rodrigue Bourdages , politician (d.1997 )
October 22 - Norman Levine , short-story writer, novelist and poet (d.2005 )
October 23 - Réjane L. Colas , jurist
November 1 - Gordon R. Dickson , science fiction author (d.2001 )
November 2 - Harold Horwood , novelist and non-fiction writer (d.2006 )
November 11 - Donald Tolmie , politician (d.2009 )
November 22 - Arthur Hiller , film director
December 27 - Bruno Bobak , artist (d.2012 )
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1923 in North America
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