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1979 in Canada
Summary
Events from the year
1979 in Canada
.
←
1978
1977
1976
1979
in
Canada
→
1980
1981
1982
Decades:
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
See also:
History of Canada
Timeline of Canadian history
List of years in Canada
Incumbents
edit
Crown
edit
Monarch
–
Elizabeth II
[1]
Federal government
edit
Governor General
–
Jules Léger
(until January 22) then
Edward Schreyer
[2]
Prime Minister
–
Pierre Trudeau
(until June 4) then
Joe Clark
Chief Justice of Canada
–
Bora Laskin
(
Ontario
)
Parliament
–
30th
(until 26 March) then
31st
(11 June–14 December)
Provincial governments
edit
Lieutenant governors
edit
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
Ralph Steinhauer
(until October 18) then
Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
Francis Lawrence Jobin
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Hédard Robichaud
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
–
Gordon Arnaud Winter
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
John Elvin Shaffner
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
Pauline Mills McGibbon
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Gordon Lockhart Bennett
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Jean-Pierre Côté
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Irwin McIntosh
Premiers
edit
Premier of Alberta
–
Peter Lougheed
Premier of British Columbia
–
Bill Bennett
Premier of Manitoba
–
Sterling Lyon
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Richard Hatfield
Premier of Newfoundland
–
Frank Moores
(until March 26) then
Brian Peckford
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
John Buchanan
Premier of Ontario
–
Bill Davis
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Bennett Campbell
(until May 3) then
Angus MacLean
Premier of Quebec
–
René Lévesque
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
Allan Blakeney
Territorial governments
edit
Commissioners
edit
Commissioner of Yukon
–
Frank Fingland
(interim) (until January 20) then
Ione Christensen
(January 29 to October 6) then
Douglas Bell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Stuart Milton Hodgson
(until April 15) then
John Havelock Parker
Premiers
edit
Premier of Yukon
–
Chris Pearson
Events
edit
January to June
edit
January 17 -
Edward Richard Schreyer
replaces
Jules Léger
as
Governor General
February 1 - The first
Winterlude
is held in Ottawa
February 24 - An explosion rips through Number 26 Colliery located in
Glace Bay
,
Cape Breton
killing 12 men.
February 26 a total solar eclipse take place in the USA And Canada
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
federal election
. They defeat
Pierre Trudeau
's
Liberals
and elect
Joe Clark
's
PCs
, but only with a minority
June 4
Joe Clark
becomes
Canada
's sixteenth, and youngest ever,
prime minister
.
Flora MacDonald
becomes Canada's first female
Secretary of State for External Affairs
.
June 7 - The
Sudbury Strike of 1978
ends after nine months.
July to December
edit
September 5 – Canada's first
gold bullion
coin goes on sale
October 29 – Port-Harrison, Quebec, is renamed to
Inukjuak
November 10 – The
1979 Mississauga train derailment
causes the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people
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 at Le Club Opemiska
in
Chapais, Quebec
, kills 48 at a
New Year's Eve
party.
Full date unknown
edit
Chris Haney
and
Scott Abbott
invent
Trivial Pursuit
Petro-Canada
buys U.S.-controlled
Pacific Petroleums
The first women enroll in Canadian
military colleges
Founding of
Academy of Canadian Cinema
Arts and literature
edit
New works
edit
Irving Layton
:
The Tightrope Dancer
Margaret Atwood
:
Life Before Man
Steve McCaffery
:
Intimate Distortions
Roch Carrier
:
Les enfants du bonhomme dans la lune
Joy Fielding
:
Trance
Gabrielle Roy
:
Courte-Queue
Gordon R. Dickson
:
The Spirit of Dorsai
Farley Mowat
:
And No Birds Sang
Awards
edit
Antonine Maillet
wins the French
Prix Goncourt
for her novel
Pélagie-la-Charette
See
1979 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award
-
Sondra Gotlieb
,
True Confessions
Vicky Metcalf Award
- Cliff Faulknor
Television
edit
Lorne Michaels
starts
Broadway Video
, a company that would go on to produce shows like
The Kids in the Hall
and
Saturday Night Live
You Can't Do That On Television
premiers
Sport
edit
March 18 – The
Alberta Golden Bears
win their fifth (second consecutive)
University Cup
by defeating the
Dalhousie Tigers
5–1 in
Montreal
May 13 – The
Peterborough Petes
win their only
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Brandon Wheat Kings
2 to 1. The final game was played at
Palais des Sports
in
Sherbrooke
, Quebec
May 21 – The
Montreal Canadiens
win their 22nd (fourth consecutive)
Stanley Cup
by defeating the
New York Rangers
4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at the
Montreal Forum
.
Peterborough, Ontario
's
Bob Gainey
was awarded the
Conn Smythe Trophy
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 1 –
Pat Patterson
wins the first
World Wrestling Federation
Intercontinental Champion
September 8 – The
Vancouver Whitecaps
win their only
Soccer Bowl
by defeating the
Tampa Bay Rowdies
2–1 at
Soccer Bowl '79
played
Giants Stadium
in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
November 17 – The
Acadia Axemen
win their first
Vanier Cup
by defeating the
Western Ontario Mustangs
34–12 in the
15th Vanier Cup
played at
Varsity Stadium
in
Toronto
November 25 – The
Edmonton Eskimos
win their sixth (second consecutive)
Grey Cup
by defeating the
Montreal Alouettes
by the score 17 to 9 in the
67th Grey Cup
played at
Olympic Stadium
at
Montreal
.
Vancouver
's
Don Sweet
is awarded his third
Most Valuable Canadian award
Births
edit
January to June
edit
January 2 -
Jagmeet Singh
, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party
January 8 -
Sarah Polley
, actress, singer, film director and screenwriter
January 9 -
Jenny Johnson
, field hockey player
January 14 -
Nick Boynton
, ice hockey player
January 24 -
Tom Kostopoulos
, ice hockey player
February 1 –
Rachelle Lefevre
, actress
February 8 -
Adam Trupish
, boxer
February 11 -
Eric Cyr
, baseball player
February 15 -
Ohenewa Akuffo
, freestyle wrestler
February 21 -
Andre Noble
, actor (d.
2004
)
February 22
Patrick Merrill
, lacrosse player
Jeremy Wilcox
, volleyball player
February 23 –
Maryke Hendrikse
, voice actress
March 5 -
Érik Bédard
, pitcher
March 7 -
Stephanie Anne Mills
, voice actress
March 15 -
Azelia Liu
, field hockey player
April 2 -
Lindy Booth
, actress
April 4 -
Roberto Luongo
, ice hockey player
April 11 -
Sebastien Grainger
, ice hockey player
April 17 -
Eric Brewer
, ice hockey player
May 2 -
Jason Chimera
, ice hockey player
May 6 -
Jon Montgomery
, Canadian former skeleton racer and television personality; host of
The Amazing Race Canada
May 9 -
Pierre Bouvier
, singer
May 10 - Dion Lavhey,
Montreal Canadiens
player
May 11 -
Erin Lang
, singer-songwriter and guitarist
May 12 -
Adrian Serioux
, soccer player
May 20 -
Andrew Scheer
, politician
June 1 -
Craig Olejnik
, actor
June 3 -
Pierre Poilievre
, politician
June 5 -
Pete Wentz
, musician
June 8 -
Pete Orr
, baseball player
June 18 -
Chris Neil
, ice hockey player
June 24 -
Fanny Létourneau
, synchronized swimmer
June 26 -
Julia Benson
, voice actress
June 27 -
Rebecca Jane Middleton
, murder victim (d.
1996
)
June 30 -
Christopher Jacot
, film, television and voice actor
July to December
edit
July 2 -
Joe Thornton
, ice hockey player
July 4 -
Mark Twitchell
, filmmaker and murderer
July 7 -
Shane Yellowbird
, musician (d.
2022
)
July 13 -
Holly Gauthier-Frankel
, actress, voice director
July 16 -
Nathan Rogers
, singer-songwriter
August 3 -
Evangeline Lilly
, actress
[3]
August 9 -
Erin Chan
, synchronized swimmer
August 11 -
Drew Nelson
, actor and voice actor
August 12 -
Cindy Klassen
, speed skater
August 22 -
Jennifer Finnigan
, actress
August 31 -
Mark Johnston
, swimmer
September 5 -
Stacey Dales
, basketball player and sportscaster
September 15
Patrick Marleau
, ice hockey player
Brett Youngberg
, volleyball player
September 17 -
Chuck Comeau
, drummer
September 21 -
Nathaniel Miller
, water polo player
October 7
Aaron Ashmore
, actor
Shawn Ashmore
, actor
October 13 -
Ryan Malcolm
, singer (
Low Level Flight
) and winner of
Canadian Idol
November 14 -
Randee Hermus
, soccer player
November 21 -
Alex Tanguay
, ice hockey player
November 28 -
Jamie Korab
, curler
November 30 -
Diego Klattenhoff
, Actor
December 3 -
Rainbow Sun Francks
, actor and singer
December 6 -
Maxime Collin
, child actor
December 7 -
Eric Bauza
, comedian and voice actor
December 10 -
Andrea Rushton
, field hockey player
December 15 -
Eric Young
, professional wrestler
December 27 -
Pascale Dorcelus
, weightlifter
[4]
December 28 -
Bree Williamson
, actress
Deaths
edit
February 23 -
W. A. C. Bennett
, Premier of
British Columbia
(b.
1900
)
March 26 -
Lionel Bertrand
, politician, journalist and newspaper editor (b.
1906
)
May 9 -
Cyrus S. Eaton
, investment banker, businessman and philanthropist (b.
1883
)
May 15 -
Dora Mavor Moore
, actor, teacher and director (b.
1888
)
May 29 -
Mary Pickford
, actress and studio co-founder (b.
1892
)
July 11 -
Claude Wagner
, judge and politician (b.
1925
)
August 16 -
John Diefenbaker
, politician and 13th
Prime Minister of Canada
(b.
1895
)
September 28 -
John Herbert Chapman
, scientist and space researcher (b.
1921
)
November 24 -
John Robert Cartwright
, jurist and
Chief Justice of Canada
(b.
1895
)
December 19 -
Donald Creighton
, historian (b.
1902
)
See also
edit
1979 in Canadian television
List of Canadian films of 1979
References
edit
^
"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia".
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
^
Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014).
Heads of States and Governments Since 1945
. Routledge. pp. 143–144.
ISBN
978-1-134-26490-2
.
^
"Evangeline Lilly".
BFI
. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019
. Retrieved
8 January
2022
.
^
"Results".
m2002.thecgf.com
. Retrieved
1 June
2020
.