This is the outline of Canadian events only for my upcoming TL "Right Honourable Caesareans" (ETA May!). Next installment of this outline will be 1960-1981.
Mav: This is your sneak preview.
Dec. 12, 1939: Having been soundly defeated 70-14 in the October provincial election, Maurice Duplessis resigns as Unionist leader and announces his intention to run for the federal Conservatives in Trois-Rivieres.
Jan. 24, 1940: Prime Minister Mackenzie King dissolves Parliament for a March 26th federal election.
Mar. 26, 1940: King is returned for a fifth term with 178 of 245 seats, Duplessis trounces the incumbent Liberal.
Nov. 26, 1941: Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe dies of cancer at age 65. Prime Minister King prevails upon Liberal Premier Adelard Godbout to resign and serve as Quebec lieutenant, Justice Minister and heir apparent.
July 8, 1942: Manitoba Premier John Bracken is elected Tory leader, on the condition that the Conservatives rename themselves the "Progressive Conservatives".
June 11, 1945: Prime Minister King is returned for an unprecedented sixth term with 131 of 245 seats.
Nov. 10, 1945: John Bracken resigns as Tory leader and is replaced by Duplessis as Leader of the Opposition.
June 30, 1946: Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Harry Truman sign the US-Canada Reciprocity Treaty, later succeeded by CAFTA.
Nov. 15, 1948: King resigns after 22 years as Prime Minister, Godbout succeeds him.
Feb. 26, 1949: Parliament is dissolved for an April 9th federal election.
Apr. 9, 1949: The Conservatives win a majority government on the slogan "C'est fini" (It's over), with 165 of 262 seats. Duplessis becomes Prime Minister on April 16th.
Sept. 25, 1950: Sedition Act is passed, requiring all Communists to register with the federal government. Former Communist MP Fred Rose is deported to Poland.
Nov. 5, 1950: Prime Minister Duplessis announces that two additional Canadian brigades will be sent to Germany, but that Canadian defence policy will be henceforth "North American" oriented.
Aug. 21, 1951: Appeals to the UK Privy Council are ended, former Quebec Lieutenant-Governor Hugues Lapointe is appointed the first Canadian-born Governor-General.
Jan. 1, 1952: The PCs revert to the "Conservative Party of Canada" name held previous to 1942. Prime Minister Duplessis had called the PC label "ideologically unsound and a contradiction in terms".
May 16, 1952: Quebec's Unionists return to power under the charismatic Paul Sauve, replacing Georges-Emile Lapalme.
Oct. 10, 1952: Taxation Act of 1952 is enacted, allowing the provinces to collect their own income taxes.
Mar. 28, 1953: Labour Relations Act of 1953 is enacted, banning public-sector strikes and forbidding Defence Ministry employees to unionize.
May 5, 1953: Duplessis is returned for a second term with 171 of 262 seats in the Commons.
Dec. 7, 1953: Prime Minister Duplessis announces severe import quotas on Warsaw Pact goods and 10% tariffs on British goods.
Feb. 26, 1954: CCF activist David Lewis is imprisoned on charges of "anti-government activities" under Section 16A of the Sedition Act.
Apr. 1, 1954: Duplessis announces the National Highway System, to be jointly built by the federal and provincial governments.
Nov. 11, 1954: Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Barrette dies of a stroke, he is replaced by the Minister of Federal-Provincial Relations Daniel Johnson.
Jan. 29, 1955: The former British Majestic-class CVL Powerful is purchased by the RCN, she is named HMCS Bonaventure.
Mar. 16, 1955: A secret MoU is reached between the British and Canadian governments: in return for British participation in the Arrow project, the RAF will make an initial purchase of 90 aircraft for air defence.
May 24, 1955: Prime Minister Duplessis announces Canada's first-ever peacetime conscription, with the first inductions scheduled for Sept. 2nd, the 10th anniversary of V-J Day.
Oct. 7, 1955: Universite de Montreal professor Pierre Trudeau is blacklisted and his works placed under a publication ban due to severe federal and provincial pressure on the university.
Jan. 11, 1956: Faced with declining support and lack of funds, the CCF is dissolved of its own accord. Canada is now a two-party state, and moderate CCFers join the Liberal Party.
May 9, 1956: Liberals narrowly elect veteran foreign affairs critic Paul Martin Sr. leader over former Finance Minister Robert Winters.
June 20, 1956: Social Credit loses power and all their seats in Alberta to the provincial Conservative Party, with the provincial Liberals in second place.
Nov. 19, 1956: Pierre Trudeau is deported to Fulgencio Batista's Cuba, where he would spend his life in exile.
Dec. 9, 1956: Prime Minister Duplessis tells Cabinet he will seek a third term.
May 30, 1957: Duplessis wins a reduced majority of 155 of 262 seats, though increases the Tory popular vote share to 52.2%.
Sept. 19, 1957: The Arrow makes its maiden flight and development continues due to teething trouble with the Orenda powerplant.
Feb. 14, 1958: "Valentine's Day massacre", 14 strikers are killed by the QPP during a sit-down strike. Public outrage forces Quebec Premier Paul Sauve to replace QPP director Hilaire Beauregard with civil-libertarian Montreal chief Albert Langlois.
Apr. 21, 1958: Prime Minister Duplessis suffers a minor stroke. He declines doctors' advice to resign, rather leaving daily domestic affairs in the hands of Daniel Johnson.
Sept. 9, 1958: Prime Minister Duplessis makes a state visit to France to visit with President de Gaulle, and they privately agree on lowered trade barriers which will be enacted by 1960.
Jan. 20, 1959: Prime Minister Duplessis announces a Royal Commission to study the creation of a Canadian flag to replace the Red Ensign. This is denounced by Empire patriots such as George Grant, a leading Liberal intellectual.
Apr. 29, 1959: The Arrow reaches IOC and is delivered to No 414 Sqn at RCAFB Rockcliffe with Defence Minister Gen. George Pearkes and Prime Minister Duplessis in attendance.
Oct. 31, 1959: Arrow deliveries begin to the RAF, with the Mk 1 batch to be completed by 1963.
Apr. 2, 1960: Prime Minister Duplessis dies of a stroke at age 70, he is replaced by Daniel Johnson as Tory leader and Prime Minister.
