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1990 in Canada
Summary
Events from the year
1990 in Canada
.
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See also:
History of Canada
Timeline of Canadian history
List of years in Canada
Incumbents
edit
and (senate 130)
Crown
edit
Monarch
–
Elizabeth II
[1]
Federal government
edit
Governor General
–
Jeanne Sauvé
(until January 29) then
Ray Hnatyshyn
[2]
Prime Minister
–
Brian Mulroney
Chief Justice
–
Brian Dickson
(
Manitoba
) (until 30 June) then
Antonio Lamer
(
Quebec
)
Parliament
–
34th
senate (134)
Provincial governments
edit
Lieutenant governors
edit
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
Helen Hunley
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
David Lam
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
George Johnson
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Gilbert Finn
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
–
James McGrath
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Lloyd Crouse
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
Lincoln Alexander
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Lloyd MacPhail
(until August 16) then
Marion Reid
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Gilles Lamontagne
(until August 9) then
Martial Asselin
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Sylvia Fedoruk
Premiers
edit
Premier of Alberta
–
Don Getty
Premier of British Columbia
–
Bill Vander Zalm
Premier of Manitoba
–
Gary Filmon
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Frank McKenna
Premier of Newfoundland
–
Clyde Wells
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
John Buchanan
(until September 12) then
Roger Bacon
Premier of Ontario
–
David Peterson
(until October 1) then
Bob Rae
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Joe Ghiz
Premier of Quebec
–
Robert Bourassa
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
Grant Devine
Territorial governments
edit
Commissioners
edit
Commissioner of Yukon
–
John Kenneth McKinnon
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Daniel L. Norris
Premiers
edit
Premier of the Northwest Territories
–
Dennis Patterson
Premier of Yukon
–
Tony Penikett
Events
edit
January to June
edit
January 15 – Massive cuts to
Via Rail
come into effect leading to the rerouting of
The Canadian
and many intercity trains.
January 24 – The Tories introduce legislation that would create the
Goods and Services Tax
(GST), a national
sales tax
.
January 24 –
Jean Charest
resigns from cabinet after he was found to have spoken with a judge.
January 29 –
Ramon John Hnatyshyn
replaces
Jeanne Sauvé
as
governor general
.
January 29 – A controversial
resolution
is passed by the city council of
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
, declaring the city "
English
-only".
February: The federal government announces that it will privatize
Petro-Canada
; the legislation to do so is introduced in October..
February 12 – A massive
tire fire
begins near
Hagersville, Ontario
. It takes 17 days to put out.
February 12 –
1990 Chambly by-election
.
March 9 –
Newfoundland
Premier
Clyde Wells
confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the
Meech Lake Accord
.
March 15 – The federal government decides that
Sikhs
may wear
turbans
while serving as
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) officers following the
Baltej Singh Dhillon
case.
March 22 – Canadian arms designer
Gerald Bull
is assassinated in
Brussels
.
May 12 – The
Bloc Québécois
Party is formed as several MPs led by
Lucien Bouchard
quit the Tories and Liberals.
May 24 – The
Edmonton Oilers
win the
1990 Stanley Cup Finals
.
May 29 –
Mikhail Gorbachev
arrives in
Ottawa
for a 29-hour visit.
[3]
June 6 –
Stanley Charles Waters
is the first elected
senator
.
June 12 –
Elijah Harper
prevents
Manitoba
from accepting the Meech Lake Accord.
June 17–30 –
Nelson Mandela
tours
North America
, visiting three Canadian and eight U.S. cities.
June 23 – Meech Lake Accord officially dead.
June 23 –
Jean Chrétien
elected leader of the
Liberal Party of Canada
at a
leadership convention
held in
Calgary
.
July to December
edit
July 11 – The
Oka crisis
begins.
September 6 –
Bob Rae
's
Ontario New Democratic Party
wins a surprise majority in
Ontario
.
September 12 –
Roger Bacon
becomes
premier of Nova Scotia
, replacing
John Buchanan
.
September 26 – Oka crisis ends.
September 27 –
Brian Mulroney
temporarily increases the size of the
Senate
to ensure passage of the GST.
October 1 – Bob Rae becomes premier of Ontario, replacing
David Peterson
.
November 1 – Brian Mulroney launches the Citizen's Forum on Canada's Future to get Canadians' input on constitutional reform.
December 10 – Jean Chrétien is returned to the
House of Commons
after winning a
by election
for the
New Brunswick
riding of
Beauséjour
.
December 13 – The
Senate of Canada
approves the GST..
December 17 – The GST becomes law.
Arts and literature
edit
March 6 – The
National Gallery of Canada
acquires
Barnett Newman
's
Voice of Fire
for $1.8 million, causing a storm of controversy.
New works
edit
Swann
by
Carol Shields
published
The Evening News
by
Arthur Hailey
A Tenured Professor
by
John Kenneth Galbraith
TekWar
by
William Shatner
Magic Casement
by
Dave Duncan
Golden Fleece
by
Robert J. Sawyer
Medicine River
by
Thomas King
The Magic Machine: A Handbook of Computer Sorcery
by
Alexander Dewdney
Whylah Falls
by
George Elliott Clarke
The Wild Blue Yonder
by
Audrey Thomas
L'Oursiade
by
Antonine Maillet
Awards
edit
See
1990 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award
:
Sandra Birdsell
,
The Missing Child
Geoffrey Bilson Award
:
Kit Pearson
,
The Sky Is Falling
Gerald Lampert Award
:
Steven Heighton
,
Stalin's Carnival
Marian Engel Award
:
Carol Shields
Pat Lowther Award
:
Patricia Young
,
The Mad and Beautiful Mothers
Stephen Leacock Award
:
W.O. Mitchell
,
According to Jake and the Kid
Trillium Book Award
:
Alice Munro
,
Friend of My Youth
Vicky Metcalf Award
:
Bernice Thurman Hunter
Music
edit
RPM number-one hits of 1990
RPM number-one albums of 1990
Sport
edit
May 13 – The
Oshawa Generals
win their fourth (and first since 1944)
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Kitchener Rangers
4 to 3 . The final game was played at
Copps Coliseum
in
Hamilton, Ontario
May 24 – The
Edmonton Oilers
win their fifth (and most recent)
Stanley Cup
by defeating the
Boston Bruins
4 games to 1.
Brandon, Manitoba
's
Bill Ranford
is awarded the
Conn Smythe Trophy
November 24 – The
Saskatchewan Huskies
win their first
Vanier Cup
by defeating the
Saint Mary's Huskies
24 to 21 in the
26th Vanier Cup
played at Skydome in Toronto
November 25 – The
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
win their tenth
Grey Cup
by defeating the
Edmonton Eskimos
50 to 11 in the
78th Grey Cup
at
BC Place Stadium
in
Vancouver
.
Scarborough, Toronto
's
Warren Hudson
is awarded the game's
Most Valuable Canadian
Date unknown
Doug Flutie
returns to Canada to play with the
BC Lions
.
Births
edit
January 18
Brett Lawrie
, Canadian baseball player
Alex Pietrangelo
, Canadian ice hockey player
January 24 –
Mitchell Islam
, ice dancer
January 29 –
Danielle Parsons
, curler
January 30 –
Joe Colborne
, ice hockey player
February 14 –
Brett Dier
, actor
February 23
Kevin Connauton
, ice hockey defenceman
Marco Scandella
, ice hockey defenceman
March 2 –
Michael Hutchinson
, ice hockey player
April 26 –
Riley Voelkel
, actress
May 13 –
Jane Creba
, murder victim (d.
2005
)
June 3 –
Jason Akeson
, ice hockey player
June 4 –
Jess Moskaluke
, singer
June 5 –
Junior Hoilett
, footballer
June 7 –
Michael Stone
, ice hockey player
July 15 –
Alexander Calvert
, actor
August 7 –
Jake Allen
, hockey goaltender
August 15 –
Chris Gudzowsky
, Canadian born bobsledder
[4]
September 7 –
Megan McNeil
, singer (d.
2011
)
September 28 –
Kirsten Prout
, actress
October 23 –
Dalmar Abuzeid
, actor
November 9 –
Chris Di Staulo
, filmmaker
November 19 –
Laura Walker
, curler
December 10 –
Reda Agourram
, soccer player
December 11 –
Michael Pillarella
, actor, writer, film producer and spoken word artist
[5]
December 27 –
Milos Raonic
, tennis player
December 31 –
Patrick Chan
, figure skater
Deaths
edit
January to June
edit
January 7 –
Bronko Nagurski
,
American football
player (b.
1908
)
March 16 –
Dalton McGuinty Sr.
, politician and father of
premier of Ontario
Dalton McGuinty
and the politician
David McGuinty
(b.
1926
)
March 22 –
Gerald Bull
, engineer and artillery designer (b.
1928
)
March 24 –
Jim St. James
, actor and HIV/AIDS activist
April 11 –
Harold Ballard
, owner of the
Toronto Maple Leafs
(b.
1903
)
July to September
edit
July 18
Johnny Wayne
, comedian and comedy writer (b.
1918
)
Gerry Boulet
, Quebec rock singer (
Offenbach
) (b.
1946
)
August 25 –
Morley Callaghan
, novelist, short story writer, playwright, and television and radio personality (b.
1903
)
September 6 –
Stan Roberts
, politician (b.
1927
)
September 11 –
Lela Brooks
, speed skater and world record holder (b.
1908
)
October to December
edit
October 22 –
Carl Klinck
, literary historian and academic (b.
1908
)
October 30 –
Craig Russell
, female impersonator (b.
1948
)
November 2 –
Frederick Thomas Armstrong
, politician (b.
1907
)
November 9 –
Hugh MacLennan
, author and professor of English (b.
1907
)
December 7 –
Jean Paul Lemieux
, painter (b.
1904
)
December 24 –
Tammy Homolka
, murder victim (b.
1975
)
December 31 –
Robina Higgins
, track and field athlete (b.
1915
)
See also
edit
1990 in Canadian television
List of Canadian films of 1990
References
edit
^
"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia".
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
^
Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014).
Heads of States and Governments Since 1945
. Routledge. p. 144.
ISBN
978-1-134-26490-2
.
^
"Flashback Friday: Gorbachev visits Canada ahead of U.S.-Soviet weapons deal". 29 May 2015
. Retrieved
4 January
2024
.
^
"IBSF".
^
"Vaughan actor's film screened at Indie fest during TIFF". YorkRegion Article. 2011-09-09
. Retrieved
2012-11-14
.