1973 in Canada

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Events from the year 1973 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Roland Michener
• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia - Dave Barrett
• Premier of Manitoba - Edward Schreyer
• Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland - Frank Moores
• Premier of Nova Scotia - Gerald Regan
• Premier of Ontario - Bill Davis
• Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec - Robert Bourassa
• Premier of Saskatchewan - Allan Blakeney

Events

René Lévesque on election night, October 29, 1973

• January 25 - The Irish Stardust runs aground north of Vancouver Island, causing a large oil spill.
• February 1 - Gerald Bouey succeeds Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
• February 5 - Work begins on the construction of the CN Tower
• February 14- Yukon Native Brotherhood tabled "Together today for our Children Tomorrow" marking the start of the Yukon Land Claims process
• February 13 - The Gendron Report is issued; it recommends making French Quebec's only official language
• February 15 - The Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia
• April 2 - Montreal announces Canada's first lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics
• April 20 - Anik A2 is launched
• October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada.
• November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University
• November 13 - A jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for performing abortions
• November 29 - The Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat is established.
• December 7 - Canada sells its first CANDU Reactor to South Korea
• First Air is founded

Arts and literature

New works

• Farley Mowat - Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages
• Donald Jack - That's Me in the Middle
• Robert Kroetsch - Gone Indian
• Elizabeth Goudie - Woman of Labrador

Awards

• See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Bell, Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Christie Harris

Radio

• The Royal Canadian Air Farce is formed

Television

• Alex Trebek moves to the United States to host The Wizard of Odds.

Births

January to March

• January 3 - Robert Baird, swimmer
• January 8 - Robert Braknis, swimmer
• January 11 - Sarah Forbes, field hockey player
• January 13 - Dana Anderson, field hockey player
• January 16 - Nathalie Giguère, swimmer
• February 4 - Manny Legacé, ice hockey player
• February 5 - Marty O'Donnell, boxer
• February 12 - Tara Strong, actress and businesswoman
• February 28 - Eric Lindros, ice hockey player
• March 1 - Ryan Peake, lead guitarist and backing vocalist
• March 3 - Sean Campbell, field hockey player
• March 13 - Allison Higson, swimmer
• March 24 - Philippe Boucher, ice hockey player
• March 31 - Ian Goldberg, cryptographer and cypherpunk

April to June

• April 5 - Kristin Topham, swimmer
• April 23 - Derek Armstrong, ice hockey player
• April 25 - Paige Gordon, diver
• May 4 - Matthew Barnaby, ice hockey player
• May 4 - John Madden, ice hockey player
• May 13 - Mike Beres, badminton player
• May 25 - Josée Corbeil, volleyball player
• June 1 - Jeff Schiebler, long-distance runner
• June 8 - Lexa Doig, actress

July to September

• July 3 - Adrian Aucoin, ice hockey player
• July 3 - Melanie Jans, squash player
• July 13 - Gavin Hassett, rower and Olympic silver medalist
• July 19 - Scott Walker, ice hockey player
• July 22 - Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriter
• July 27 - Niki Jenkins, judoka
• July 27 - David McLellan, swimmer
• August 24 - Andrew Brunette, ice hockey player
• August 29 - Jessica Holmes, comedian and actress
• August 31 - Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
• September 6 - Greg Rusedski, tennis player

October to December

• October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
• October 23 - Scott Mosher, field hockey player
• October 30 - Adam Copeland, wrestler
• October 31 - Shylo Smith, Novelist
• November 10 - Iain Brambell, rower and Olympic bronze medalist
• November 12 - Keith Morgan, judoka
• November 27 - Mike Oliver, field hockey player
• November 30 - Carla Somerville, field hockey player and coach
• December 14 - Sue Armstrong, field hockey player
• December 14 - Tomasz Radzinski, soccer player
• December 20 - David Nedohin, curler
• December 22 - Annie Pelletier, diver and Olympic bronze medalist
• December 25 - Alexandre Trudeau, filmmaker and journalist
• December 31 - Curtis Myden, swimmer

Deaths

George Alexander Drew in 1947

January to June

• January 4 - George A. Drew, politician and 14th Premier of Ontario (b.1894)
• February 5 - Wilbert Ross Aylesworth, politician
• February 22 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, politician and 21st Premier of Quebec (b.1916)
• March 2 - John Percy Page, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1887)

Leslie Frost

• March 11 - Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (b.1891)
• May 4 - Leslie Frost, politician and 16th Premier of Ontario (b.1895)
• May 6 - Ernest MacMillan, conductor and composer (b.1893)
• June 14 - Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman (b.1878)

July to December

Louis St. Laurent

• July 18 - Christine Demeter, murder victim
• July 25 - Louis St. Laurent, politician and 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1882)
• July 27 - James MacDonnell, soldier, lawyer and politician (b.1884)
• December - Alfred Fuller, businessman (b.1885)

Full date unknown

• William George Bock, politician (b.1884)

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