1993 in Canada

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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

Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Chrétien
Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn

Events

January 25 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, she is the first female premier elected in Canadian history. replacing Joe Ghiz
February 24 - Brian Mulroney announces his resignation as Prime Minister
March 4 - Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in Somalia
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
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 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 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 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 Romeo 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

Deaths

January 26 - Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
February 28 - Ruby Keeler, dancer and actress

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