Home > 1983 in Canada

1 Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Governor General - Edward Schreyer

• Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia - Bill Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba - Howard Pawley
• 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 - 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 OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Ontario is Dalton McGuinty. See also Prime Minister of Canada Premier (Canad - Bill Davis
• Premier of Prince Edward Island - James Lee
• Premier of Quebec - René Lévesque
• Premier of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine

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2 Events

• January 21 - JoAnn Thatcher, wife of Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher, is murdered in her Regina home. Colin would later be convicted of the crime.
• February 1 - Pay television begins operating in Canada.
• February 15 - the Tamarack Review ceases publication
• March 4 - Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice
• March 5 - Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup of Skiing
• June 2 - Air Canada Flight 797 makes an emergency landing in Cincinatti, Ohio - a fire kills 23 of 41 passengers onboard.
• June 9 - Bill 101, protecting the French language in Quebec is ruled unconstitutional
• June 11 - Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
• June 19 BC Place in Vancouver opens
• July 23 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 crash-lands in Gimli, Manitoba.
• October 1 - North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization is established
• November 17 - The Western Grain Transportation Act is passed
• December 23 - Jeanne Sauvé is appointed Canada's first female Governor General
• Canada agrees to allow testing of American cruise missiles in the west
• Grey Cup - Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the British Columbia Lions
• Vanier Cup - Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels
• The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, the first Nuclear power plant in the Maritimes