CHRONOLOGY 65 Plebiscite on liquor question in June 1, Hon. Wm. Phillips, first Ontario; reduced majority for con­ U.S. Minister to Canada, reaches tinuance of prohibition regulations. Ottawa. June 25, General election 1925. Feb. 5-June 27, Fourth session of in Prince Edward Island; the Con­ fourteenth Parliament of Canada. servative Government of Hon. J. D. June 2, Provincial general election Stewart defeated. June 28, General in Saskatchewan; Liberal party election in Manitoba; the Govern­ under Hon. Mr. Dunning returned ment of Hon. John Bracken sus­ to Office. June 10, Inauguration of tained. July 1-3, Diamond Jubilee the United Church of Canada. June of Confederation celebrated through­ 25, Provincial general election in out the Dominion. July 30, The Nova Scotia; Conservative party Prince of Wales, Prince George, the under Hon. E. N. Rhodes returned Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin and to office. July 6, Signing at Ottawa party, arrive at Quebec on a visit of trade agreement between Canada to Canada. Sept., Canada elected and the British West Indies. Aug. as a non-permanent member of the 10, Provincial general election in Council of the League of Nations at New Brunswick; Conservative par­ Geneva. Nov., Dominion-Provin­ ty under Hon. J. B. M. Baxter re­ cial Conference on the relations turned to office. Aug. 10, Resump­ between the Dominion and the tion of work in Nova Scotia coal provinces. mines after 5 months' strike. Sept. 1928. Jan. 26-June 11, Second session of the 5, Fourteenth Parliament dissolved. sixteenth Parliament of Canada. Oct. 29, Dominion general elections. Jan. 30, President Cosgrove of the Nov. 20, Death of Queen Alexandra. Irish Free State visits Ottawa. 1926. Jan. 7-July 1, First session of fifteenth Death of Earl Haig. Feb. 10, Fire Parliament of Canada. April 15, in Hollinger mine. Feb. 15, Death Budget Speech; reductions of in­ of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith. come and other taxes announced. Feb. 16, Budget speech announces June 28, Resignation of Rt. Hon. reductions in taxation. April 25, W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Sir Wm. H. Clark appointed first Minister, and his Cabinet. Pro­ British High Commissioner to vincial general elections in Alberta; Canada. May 31, Legislative Coun­ United Farmers under Premier cil of Nova Scotia ceases to exist, Brownlee retain office. June 29, leaving Quebec as the only province Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen becomes with a bi-cameral Legislature. July Prime Minister. July 1, Two-cent 18, General elections in British domestic rate of postage restored. Columbia; Conservatives success­ July 2, Fifteenth Parliament dis­ ful. Aug. 24-Oct. 5, Empire Parlia­ solved. July 13, Composition of mentary Association visits Canada. Mr. Meighen's Cabinet announced Oct. 1, General elections in Nova (see p. 77 of the 1927-28 Year Book). Scotia, Conservatives retain power. Sept. 14, Dominion general elec­ 1929. Feb. 7-June 14, Third session of che tions. Sept. 25, Rt. Hon. W. L. sixteenth Parliament of Canada. Mackenzie King becomes Prime Mar. 29, Death of Sir Lomer Minister (for composition of Cabinet Gouin. June 5, General election in see p. 69). Oct. 19-Nov. 23, Imper­ Saskatchewan. Sept. 9, Dr. J. T. ial Conference in London. Nov. 26, M. Anderson becomes Premier cf Hon. C. Vincent Massey is appoint­ Saskatchewan. Oct. 15-25, Ihe ed Envoy Extraordinary and Min­ Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay Macdonald, ister Plenipotentiary to the United Prime Minister of Great Britain, States. Dec. 1, General election in visits Canada. Oct. 30, General Ontario; Ferguson Government re­ elections in Ontario. Conservatives tains office. Dec. 9, Opening of first retain power. Nov. 11, Death of session of sixteenth Parliament. Hon. Jas. A. Robb, Minister of 1927. Feb. 8-April 14, Continuation of first Finance. session of the sixteenth Parliament 1930. Jan. 21, Five power naval arms con­ of Canada. Feb. 17, Budget speech; ference opens at London: Canada reductions of income tax, sales tax represented by Hon. J. L. Ralston. and stamp tax on cheques announc­ Feb. 3, DeathofHon.P.C.Larkin. ed. May 16, General elections in Feb. 20, Fourth session of the six­ Quebec; the Liberal Government teenth Parliament of Canada com­ of Hon. L. A. Taschereau sustained. mences. 94562-5 .