1920s Prohibition replaced with Government control of liquor sales. Mary Ellen Smith, first woman to hold Cabinet rank in British Empire, sworn in as President of Council and a member of the Cabinet. Hudson Bay Company store opens on Douglas Street. New shipyards at Ogden Point made Victoria accessible to deep-sea trade from Europe. Vancouver Island linked to New York by 55-hour airmail service.
Victorians learn to drive on the right.
Opening of the highway section of the Johnson Street bridge links Victoria to its western suburbs. Lester Patrick's Cougars win the Stanley Cup. Esquimalt Dry Dock officially opened. Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association opens second-largest Chinese hospital in the Dominion on Herald Street. This information, researched and written by Danda Humphreys, appeared in a special Millennium Issue of the Victoria Times Colonist, December 31, 1999.