1993_in_Canada

1993 in Canada

See also: 1992 in Canada, other events of 1993, 1994 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

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

Incumbents

Chrétien becomes the new Prime Minister of Canada

Events

January 25: Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Joe Ghiz
January 28: Six Innu youths from Davis Inlet, aged 11 to 14, are caught on video sniffing gasoline as a suicide attempt.
February 24: Brian Mulroney announces his plan to resign as Prime Minister
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 Arone's death
March 29: Prince Edward Island general election, 1993: 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
September 16: Canadian forces engage in an intensive firefight with Croatian forces during Operation Medak pocket
October 4: The Krever Inquiry into Canada's blood system begins
October 14: The Tories release an election ad that many see as mocking Jean Chrétien's facial paralysis. See 1993 Chrétien ad.
October 23: The Toronto Blue Jays win back-to-back World Series, the first on Canadian soil, as Joe Carter hit the series-winning home run, becoming the second person ever to do so.
October 25: Federal election: Jean Chrétien's Liberals win a majority, defeating Kim Campbell's PCs, which are reduced to two seats. Campbell loses her own seat. The Bloc Québécois form the official opposition
November 4: Jean Chrétien is sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell
A cow suffering from mad cow disease is found in Alberta. It and its herd are slaughtered
Canadian Major-General Roméo Dallaire appointed commander of the U.N. forces in Rwanda
Ben Johnson is permanently banned from international competition after again testing positive for banned substances
Gary Bettman becomes commissioner of the National Hockey League

Arts and literature

Literature

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

Births

January 26: Cameron Bright, actor
January 28: Hollie Lo, actress

Deaths

January 26: Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
February 28: Ruby Keeler, dancer and actress
April 30: Colin Emerson Bennett, politician
May 30: H. Gordon Barrett, politician
August 14: Francis Mankiewicz, film director

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