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1930s establishments in Saskatchewan (8 C, 2 P) 0–9. 1930 in Saskatchewan (2 C, 1 P) 1931 in Saskatchewan (1 C, 2 P) 1932 in Saskatchewan (1 C) 1933 in Saskatchewan ...
History of Saskatchewan encompasses the study of past human events and activities of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the middle of Canada's three prairie provinces. Archaeological studies give some clues as to the history and lifestyles of the Palaeo-Indian, Taltheilei , and Shield Archaic traditions who were the first occupants of the ...
The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial section of the Progressive Party of Canada, and was active from the beginning of the 1920s to the mid-1930s.The Progressives were an agrarian social democratic political movement.
Saskatchewan's population peaked in 1936 at 931,200 people. [5] [11] The Great Depression combined the 1929 stock market crash with the drought years of the 1930s causing devastating effects on the economy of Saskatchewan. The per capita income between 1928 and 1933 dropped 72%.
"Towards the Dawn!" – a 1930s promotional image from Saskatchewan. The CCF song would be later popularized by the movie Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story. First verse: A call goes out to Canada It comes from out the soil— Come and join the ranks through all the land To fight for those who toil Come on farmer, soldier, labourer,
The Estevan riot, also known as the Black Tuesday Riot, was a confrontation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and striking coal miners from nearby Bienfait, Saskatchewan, which took place in Estevan, Saskatchewan, on September 29, 1931. The miners had been on strike since September 7, 1931, hoping to improve their wages and working ...
The natural resources acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of Canada and the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 1930 to transfer control over crown lands and natural resources within these provinces from the Government of Canada to the provincial governments.
Social Credit contested every provincial election between 1938 and 1967, though the party ran only leader Joseph Needham in 1944. The party received the third highest vote share among parties on four occasions, achieving a high-water mark of 21.5% of the vote in 1956; however, only twice were any members elected to the Legislature—two in 1938, and three in 1956.