1979 in Canada Details, Meaning 1979 in Canada Article and Explanation Guide

1979 in Canada Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

See also: 1978 in Canada, other events of 1979, 1980 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Table of contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau then Joe Clark
Governor General - Jules Léger then Edward Richard Schreyer
Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
Premier of British Columbia - W.R. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba - Sterling Lyon
Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield
Premier of Newfoundland - Frank Moores then Brian Peckford
Premier of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan
Premier of Ontario - Bill Davis
Premier of Prince Edward Island - Bennett Campbell then Angus MacLean
Premier of Quebec - René Lévesque
Premier of Saskatchewan - Allan Blakeney

Events

January 17 - Edward Richard Schreyer replaces Jules Léger as Governor General
February 1 - The first Winterlude is held in Ottawa
March 14 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a third consecutive majority
March 26 - Brian Peckford becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Frank Moores
May 3 - Angus MacLean becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Bennett Campbell
May 22 - Canadians go to the polls in the 1979 Canadian election. They defeat Pierre Trudeau's Liberals and elect Joe Clark's Tories, but only with a minority
June 4 - Joe Clark becomes Canada's sixteenth, and youngest ever, prime minister
June 22 - The World Hockey Association folds. Four teams the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and Hartford Whalers survive and move to the NHL
September 5 - Canada's first gold bullion coin goes on sale
November 10 - a train carrying chemicals derails in Mississauga, Ontario and hundreds of thousands have to be evacuated
December 13 - Supreme Court declares Quebec and Manitoba's provincial legislatures to be unconstitutional because of their use of only one language.
December 13- The government is defeated on a non-confidence motion and Prime Minister Clark calls an election
December 31 - A fire a Le Club Opemiska in Chaplais, Quebec kills 42 at a New Year's Eve party
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup defeating the New York Rangers 4 games to 1.
Chris Haney and Scott Abbott invent Trivial Pursuit
Petro-Canada buys U.S.-controlled Pacific Petroleums
The first women enroll in Canadian military colleges