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List of Canadian events in 1993
Events from the year 1993 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
January 25 –
Catherine Callbeck becomes
premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing
Joe Ghiz following a
leadership election . This is Prince Edward Island's first
female premier , and the first time in Canada that two provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until
March 2011 ).
January 28 – Six
Innu youths from
Davis Inlet , aged 11 to 14, are caught on video
sniffing gasoline as a
suicide attempt.
February 24 – Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney announces his resignation (effective June 25) amidst political and economic turmoil.
[2]
March 4 – Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in
Somalia .
March 12 – Governor General
Ray Hnatyshyn proclaims a constitutional amendment adding
section 16.1 to the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .
March 16 – Canadian soldiers beat to death
Shidane Arone , a
Somali teenager, in Somalia.
March 18 – Master Corporal
Clayton Matchee is arrested in connection with Shidane Arone's death.
March 29 –
1993 Prince Edward Island general election : Catherine Callbeck's Liberals win a majority. She is the first female premier to lead a party to victory in a general election.
April 2 – The
Farm Credit Corporation Act is passed.
June: The
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the
Nunavut Act are passed, leading to the eventual creation of
Nunavut in 1999.
June 11 –
John Savage becomes premier of
Nova Scotia , replacing
Donald Cameron .
June 15 –
Alberta election :
Ralph Klein 's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority.
June 20 – A landslide on the
South Nation River destroys the abandoned townsite of
Lemieux, Ontario .
June 25 –
Kim Campbell becomes prime minister, replacing
Brian Mulroney . She is the first woman to be the country's head of government.
July to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New works
Margaret Atwood ,
The Robber Bride
Réjean Ducharme , Dévadé
Dave Duncan , The Stricken Field
William Gibson , Virtual Light
Michael Ignatieff , Scar Tissue
Thomas King , One Good Story, That One
Antonine Maillet , Le nuit des roi
Yann Martel ,
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Farley Mowat , My Father's Son
Robert J. Sawyer , Fossil Hunter
Jeffrey Simpson , Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision
Awards
American-born
E. Annie Proulx 's
The Shipping News , set in Newfoundland, wins the American
National Book Award
See
1993 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award :
John Steffler , The Afterlife of George Cartwright: A Novel
Geoffrey Bilson Award :
Celia Barker Lottridge , Ticket to Curlew
Gerald Lampert Award :
Elisabeth Harvor , Fortress of Chairs and
Roberta Rees , Eyes Like Pigeons
Marian Engel Award :
Sandra Birdsell
Pat Lowther Award :
Lorna Crozier , Inventing the Hawk
Stephen Leacock Award :
John Levesque , Waiting for Aquarius
Trillium Book Award :
Jane Urquhart , Away and
Margaret Atwood , The Robber Bride
Vicky Metcalf Award :
Phoebe Gilman
Television
Film
Music
Bryan Adams ,
So Far So Good
Jann Arden ,
Time for Mercy
The Band ,
Jericho
Big Sugar ,
Five Hundred Pounds
Blinker the Star , Blinker the Star
Blue Rodeo ,
Five Days in July
Cowboy Junkies ,
Pale Sun, Crescent Moon
Crash Test Dummies ,
God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Vegas , Stone
cub , Betti-Cola
Céline Dion ,
The Colour of My Love
Doughboys , Crush
Eric's Trip ,
Love Tara
Lawrence Gowan , ...but you can call me Larry
Great Big Sea ,
Great Big Sea
Grievous Angels , Watershed
Hart-Rouge , Blue Blue Windows
The Headstones , Picture of Health
I Mother Earth , Dig
The Inbreds , Hilario
Intermix ,
Phaze Two
Junkhouse , Here Lies Happiness and Strays
King Cobb Steelie ,
King Cobb Steelie
The Look People , Crazy Eggs
Lost Dakotas , Sun Machine
Sarah McLachlan ,
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Me Mom and Morgentaler ,
Shiva Space Machine
Moxy Früvous ,
Bargainville
Odds ,
Bedbugs
The Pursuit of Happiness ,
The Downward Road
The Rankin Family ,
North Country
Rose Chronicles , Dead and Gone to Heaven
Rush ,
Counterparts
Jane Siberry ,
When I Was a Boy
Skydiggers ,
Just Over This Mountain
Spirit of the West ,
Faithlift
The Tea Party ,
Splendor Solis
13 Engines , Perpetual Motion Machine
Shania Twain ,
Shania Twain
Voivod , The Outer Limits
Sport
Births
January 4 –
Aaryn Doyle , actress and singer
January 6 –
Jesse Carere , actor
January 21 –
Jason Godin , politician
January 26 –
Cameron Bright , actor
February 24 –
Phillip Danault , ice hockey player
March 14 –
Demetrius Joyette , actor
March 15 –
Alyssa Reid , singer-songwriter
March 15 –
Mark Scheifele , ice hockey player
April 8 –
Tyler Shaw , singer-songwriter
April 20 –
Kurtis Gabriel , ice hockey player
April 23 –
Brooke Palsson , actress
April 25 –
Lyldoll , singer-songwriter
May 16 -
Atticus Mitchell , actor and musician
May 18 -
Stuart Percy , hockey player
May 20 -
Kevin Roy , hockey player
May 26 -
Katerine Savard , swimmer
June 6 -
Jesse Carere , actor
June 15 -
Boone Jenner , ice hockey player
July 1 -
Brett Ritchie , ice hockey player
July 3 -
PartyNextDoor , rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
July 9 -
Emily Hirst , actress
July 28 –
Hannah Lochner , actress
August 6 –
Charlie Bilodeau , pair skater
September 1 -
Alexander Conti , actor
September 11 -
Oliver Scholfield , field hockey player
November 28 -
Stephanie Park , paralympic wheelchair basketball player
December 16 -
Stephan James , actor
December 29 -
Gabby May , artistic gymnast
[4]
Full date unknown - David Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler and son of
Chris Benoit
Deaths
January 26 –
Jeanne Sauvé , politician and first female
Governor General of Canada (born
1922 )
[5]
January 28 –
Helen Hogg-Priestley , astronomer (born
1903 )
February 28 –
Ruby Keeler , actress, singer and dancer (born
1909 )
April 2 –
Alexander Bell Patterson , politician (born
1911 )
April 15 –
John Tuzo Wilson , geophysicist and geologist (born
1908 )
April 30 –
Colin Emerson Bennett , politician and lawyer (born
1908 )
May 2 –
Stephen Juba , politician and Mayor of
Winnipeg (born
1914 )
May 9 –
Jacques Dextraze , Canadian general (born
1919 )
May 30 –
H. Gordon Barrett , politician (born
1915 )
June 9 –
Alexis Smith , actress (born
1921 )
July 9 –
Garry Hoy , lawyer (born
1955 )
August 14 –
Francis Mankiewicz , film director, screenwriter and producer (born
1944 )
September 12 –
Raymond Burr , actor (born
1917 )
September 27 –
Fraser MacPherson , jazz musician (born
1928 )
October 24 –
Tracy Latimer , murder victim (born
1980 )
See also
References