1959 in Canada

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

June 11 - Ontario election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority
June 18 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a seventh consecutive majority
September 7 - Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec, dies in office
September 11 - Paul Sauv� becomes premier of Quebec
September 16 - Walter Shaw becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Alex Matheson
Avro Arrow project is terminated
St. Lawrence Seaway opens
National Energy Board of Canada is created