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Events from the year1984 in Canada.

• Monarch –Elizabeth II^[1]

• Governor General –Edward Schreyer (until May 14) thenJeanne Sauvé^[2]
• Prime Minister –Pierre Trudeau (until June 30) thenJohn Turner (June 30 to September 17) thenBrian Mulroney
• Chief Justice –Bora Laskin (Ontario) (until 18 April) thenBrian Dickson (Manitoba)
• Parliament –32nd (until 9 July) then33rd (from November 5)

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –Robert Gordon Rogers
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –Pearl McGonigal
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –George Stanley
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland –William Anthony Paddon
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –John Elvin Shaffner (until February 1) thenAlan Abraham
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –John Black Aird
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –Joseph Aubin Doiron
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –Jean-Pierre Côté (until March 28) thenGilles Lamontagne
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –Frederick Johnson

• Premier of Alberta –Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia –Bill Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba –Howard Pawley
• Premier of New Brunswick –Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland –Brian Peckford
• Premier of Nova Scotia –John Buchanan
• Premier of Ontario –Bill Davis
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –James Lee
• Premier of Quebec –René Lévesque
• Premier of Saskatchewan –Grant Devine

• Commissioner of Yukon –Douglas Bell
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories –John Havelock Parker

• Premier of the Northwest Territories –George Braden thenRichard Nerysoo
• Premier of Yukon –Chris Pearson

• January 12 -Richard Nerysoo becomesgovernment leader of the Northwest Territories, replacingGeorge Braden.
• February 29 -Pierre Trudeau announces he will retire as soon as theLiberal Party of Canada can elect another leader.
• April 5 - A fire races through Number 26 Colliery inGlace Bay onCape Breton Island killing one miner. This effectively closes the mine permanently, ending years of coal mining inGlace Bay.
• May 8 - Cpl.Denis Lortie enters theQuebecNational Assembly and opens fire, killing 3 and wounding 13.René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive theCross of Valour.
• June 30 -John Turner becomesCanada's seventeenthprime minister replacing the retiringPierre Trudeau.

• July 18 - Quebec actressDenise Morelle is found murdered in a house she had gone to visit Sanguinet Street inMontreal. Autopsies show that she was raped and brutally beaten to death. The murderer, 49-year-old Gaetan Bissonnette, will not be discovered until 2007.
• August 31 -MuchMusic first airs.
• September 1 -The Sports Network (TSN) first airs.
• September 3 - In protest of the upcoming Papal visit,Thomas Bernard Brigham, a retired American armed forces officer, bombs Montreal'sCentral Station, killing 3 people and wounding more than 30.
• September 4 - In the1984 federal election, the incumbent government of the Liberal Party of Canada is defeated as theProgressive Conservative Party of Canada, led byBrian Mulroney, wins the largest parliamentary majority in Canadian history.
• September 9–20 -Pope John Paul II tours Canada.
• September 17 - Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Canada's eighteenthprime minister.
• September 25 - ThePremier of New BrunswickRichard Bennett Hatfield is accused of drug possession (35 grams ofcannabis was found in his bag) during the official visit of QueenElizabeth II in the province. He was finally acquitted.
• October 5 -Marc Garneau becomes the firstCanadian in space, aboard theSpace Shuttle Challenger.
• November 6
  • SaskatchewanMLAColin Thatcher is convicted of themurder of his ex-wifeJoanne.
  • Nova Scotia election:John Buchanan'sProgressive Conservatives win a third consecutivemajority.
• November 23 - TheFredericton City Hall is designated aNational Historic Site.

• Labatt introduces the first twist-off cap on a reusablebeer bottle.
• Telelatino Network signs on in October.

• Neuromancer:William Gibson
• La Détresse et l'enchantement:Gabrielle Roy
• Dinner Along the Amazon:Timothy Findley
• The Summer Tree:Guy Gavriel Kay

• See1984 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award:Heather Robertson,Willie
• Gerald Lampert Award:Sandra Birdsell,Night Travellers andJean McKay,Gone to Grass
• Pat Lowther Award:Bronwen Wallace,Signs of the Former Tenant
• Stephen Leacock Award:Gary Lautens,No Sex Please...We're Married
• Vicky Metcalf Award:Bill Freeman

• James Cameron'sThe Terminator propels the Canadian director to international fame

• Jeopardy! is relaunched with CanadianAlex Trebek as host
• Second City Television ends its run on Canadian television

• May 19 –Edmonton Oilers win their firstStanley Cup defeating theNew York Islanders 5 to 2. The deciding Game 5 was played atNorthlands Coliseum inEdmonton. Edmonton's ownMark Messier was awarded theConn Smythe Trophy
• May 19 –Ottawa 67's win their firstMemorial Cup by defeating theKitchener Rangers 7 to 2. The final game was played at theKitchener Memorial Auditorium inKitchener, Ontario
• August 12 – At the1984 Summer Olympics held inLos Angeles Canada has its best performance ever, mostly due to the boycott of the games by theEastern Bloc countries.
• October 3 –Chicago Sting win their secondSoccer Bowl by defeating theToronto Blizzard 2 games to 0. The deciding game was played atVarsity Stadium in Toronto. This would be the final game played in the originalNorth American Soccer League
• November 18 –Winnipeg Blue Bombers win their eighth Grey Cup (and first since 1962) by defeating theHamilton Tiger-Cats 47 to 17 in the72nd Grey Cup played atCommonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Edmonton's ownSean Kehoe is awarded the game'sMost Valuable Canadian
• November 24 –Guelph Gryphons win their firstVanier Cup by defeating theMount Allison Mounties 22 to 13 in the20th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.

• January 2 –Kristen Hager, film and television actress
• January 26 –Jon Hameister-Ries, football player (died2021)
• February 8 –Manuel Osborne-Paradis, skier
• February 10 –Chris Pellini, canoeist
• February 15 –Mark de Jonge, canoeist
• March 13 –Noel Fisher, actor
• March 26 –Stéphanie Lapointe, singer-songwriter and actress
• April 12 –Jean-François Gariépy, political commentator
• April 25 –Dallas Soonias, volleyball player
• April 27 –Pierre-Marc Bouchard, ice hockey player
• May 7 –Kevin Owens, pro wrestler
• May 29 –James Steacy, hammer thrower
• June 2 –Max Boyer, wrestler^[3]
• June 13 –Chanelle Charron-Watson, swimmer
• June 16 –Rick Nash, ice hockey player
• June 27 –Kate Richardson, gymnast
• July 3 –Corey Sevier, actor
• July 11 –Melanie Papalia, actress
• July 12 –Sami Zayn, pro wrestler
• July 20 –Nicholas Tritton, judoka
• July 24 –Tyler Kyte, actor and singer
• August 4 –Scott Dickens, swimmer
• August 6 –Kit Lang, actor
• September 5
  • Marina Radu, water polo player
  • Shawn Hook, singer-songwriter
• September 19 –Kevin Zegers, actor
• September 22 –Laura Vandervoort, actress
• September 27 –Avril Lavigne, singer-songwriter, fashion designer and actress
• October 1 –Rosanna Tomiuk, water polo player
• October 4 –Sheray Thomas, basketball player
• October 11 –Martha MacIsaac, actress
• October 24 –Sultana Frizell, hammer thrower
• October 26 –Dominique Perreault, water polo player
• November 26 –Shannon Rempel, speed skater
• November 28 –Marc-André Fleury, ice hockey player
• December 21 –Sarah Mutch, model and actress

• February 7 –James Sinclair, politician, businessman and father ofMargaret Sinclair, one-time wife ofPrime MinisterPierre Trudeau, and grandfather ofJustin Trudeau (born1908)
• February 9 –William Earl Rowe, politician and 20thLieutenant Governor of Ontario (born1894)
• March 22 –Stanley Fox, politician (born1906)
• March 26 –Bora Laskin, jurist and 14thChief Justice of Canada (born1912)
• March 30 –Gaëtan Dugas, earlyAIDS patient, the alleged and debunked Patient Zero forAIDS (born1953)
• April 11 –Adhémar Raynault, politician andMayor of Montreal (born1891)
• May 17 –Gordon Sinclair, journalist, writer and commentator (born1900)
• May 19 –Russell Paulley, politician (born1909)
• May 30 –George Pearkes, politician, soldier and recipient of theVictoria Cross (born1888)

• July 17 –Denise Morelle, actress and murder victim (born1926)
• August 12 –Lenny Breau, guitarist (born1941)
• September 25 –Walter Pidgeon, actor (born1897)
• October 2 –Harry Strom, politician and 9thPremier of Alberta (born1914)
• October 19 –Grant Notley, politician (born1939)
• December 31 –Chester Ronning, diplomat and politician (born1894)

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