Home > 1979 in Canada

1 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 LyonSterling Rufus Lyon (born January 30, 1927) was Premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was often compared to that of Margaret Thatcher in Great Britain. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Lyon m
• Premier of New BrunswickThe Premier of New Brunswick (fr: Premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The premier of a Canadian province is much l - Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland - Frank Moores then Brian PeckfordAlfred Brian Peckford (born 1942) is a former teacher, politician and premier of Newfoundland. Peckford first won election to the House of Assembly in 1972 as a Progressive Conservative. In 1974 he became minister of municipal affairs and housing in the c
• Premier of Nova ScotiaRobert Stanfield, 21st Premier ( 1956- 1967) The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Nova Scotia is John Ham - 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

2 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 college s