   events from the year 1954 in canada. ==incumbents== === crown === * head of state (monarch) â queen elizabeth ii (consort â prince philip, duke of edinburgh) === federal government === * governor general â vincent massey (viceregal consort â alice massey) * prime minister â louis saint laurent === provincial governments === ==== lieutenant governors ==== *lieutenant governor of alberta â john j. bowlen *lieutenant governor of british columbia â clarence wallace *lieutenant governor of manitoba â john stewart mcdiarmid *lieutenant governor of new brunswick â david laurence maclaren *lieutenant governor of newfoundland â leonard outerbridge *lieutenant governor of nova scotia â alistair fraser *lieutenant governor of ontario â louis orville breithaupt *lieutenant governor of prince edward island â thomas william lemuel prowse *lieutenant governor of quebec â gaspard fauteux *lieutenant governor of saskatchewan â william john patterson ==== premiers ==== *premier of alberta â ernest manning *premier of british columbia â w.a.c. bennett *premier of manitoba â douglas campbell *premier of new brunswick â hugh john flemming *premier of newfoundland â joey smallwood *premier of nova scotia â angus macdonald (until april 13) then harold connolly (april 13 to september 30) then henry hicks *premier of ontario â leslie frost *premier of prince edward island â alex matheson *premier of quebec â maurice duplessis *premier of saskatchewan â tommy douglas === territorial governments === ==== commissioners ==== * commissioner of yukon â wilfred george brown * commissioner of northwest territories â robert gordon robertson ==events== *january 1 â metropolitan toronto comes into being to coordinate services among the various municipalities around toronto. *january 8 â the first oil from alberta arrives in sarnia through the new pipeline *march 30 â the yonge st. subway, the first subway system in canada, opens in toronto *april 13 â angus lewis macdonald, premier of nova scotia, dies in office *april 14 â harold connolly becomes premier of nova scotia *may 31 â winnipeg's first television station, cbwt a cbc television owned and operated station, begins broadcasting *august 10 â the groundbreaking ceremony for the st. lawrence seaway begins *september 9 - the [[1954 series (banknot
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