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Canada-related events during the year of 1968
Events from the year 1968 in Canada .
Incumbents [ edit ] Federal government [ edit ] Provincial governments [ edit ] Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Premiers [ edit ] Territorial governments [ edit ] Commissioners [ edit ] January to June [ edit ] July to December [ edit ] Full date unknown [ edit ] Arts and literature [ edit ] New works [ edit ] Margaret Atwood – The Animals in That Country Mary Alice Downie and Barbara Robertson , editors, The Wind Has Wings , anthology of 77 Canadian poems for children (anthology)Dennis Lee , editor, T. O. Now , anthology of 13 "apprentice poets living in Toronto" (anthology)Joe Rosenblatt , Winter of the Luna Moon Irving Layton , The Shattered Plinths , 60 new poemsLeonard Cohen , Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Al Purdy , Wild Grape Wine Dorothy Livesay , The Documentaries , poems from the 1930s and 1940s, and including "Roots", a long poemTheatre [ edit ] Shawn Graham in 2007 January to March [ edit ] January 1 – Darren Greer , writer
January 5 – Joé Juneau , ice hockey player
January 7 – Tara Croxford , field hockey player
January 13 – Pat Onstad , international soccer player
January 14 – Michael Meldrum , swimmer
January 19 - Matt Hill , voice actor
January 28 – Sarah McLachlan , musician, singer and songwriter
February 1 – Mark Recchi , ice hockey player
February 9 – Joel Brough , field hockey player
February 22 – Shawn Graham , politician and 31st Premier of New Brunswick
February 27 – Matt Stairs , baseball player
March 14 – Megan Follows , Canadian-American actress[5]
March 17 – Patty Sullivan , television personality
March 30 – Celine Dion , singer, songwriter and actress[6] April to June [ edit ] April 12 – Adam Graves , ice hockey player
April 18 – David Hewlett , UK-born actor
April 20 – Evan Solomon , writer, magazine publisher and television host
May 8 – Louise Stratten, actress and younger sister of the murdered actress Dorothy Stratten
May 12 – Jane Kerr , swimmer
May 14 – Mary DePiero , diver[7]
May 20 – William Irwin , boxer
May 30 – Jason Kenney , politician and Minister
June 1 – Jeff Hackett , ice hockey player and coach
June 7 – Macha Grenon , actress
June 10 – Susan Haskell , actress
June 16 – Lyne Poirier , judoka
June 27 – Pascale Bussières , actress
June 29 – Theoren Fleury , ice hockey player[8] July to September [ edit ] July 2 – Mark Tewksbury , swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
July 11 – Michael Cram , actor and singer-songwriter
July 12 – Paul Hopkins , actor
July 22 – Harry Taylor , swimmer
July 23 – Shawn Levy , director and producer
August 5 – Terri Clark , country music singer
August 10 – Greg Hawgood , ice hockey player
August 20 – Jody Holden , beach volleyball player
September 9 – Lisa Lougheed , singer and actress
September 19 – Shawn Doyle , actor
September 20 – Leah Pinsent , actress
September 22 – Lisa Alexander , synchronised swimmer
September 23 – Donna McGinnis , swimmer October to December [ edit ] October 2 – Sandy Goss , swimmer
October 2 – Glen Wesley , ice hockey player
October 26 – Tom Cavanagh , actor
November 1 – Andrea Nugent , swimmer
November 3 – Debbie Rochon , actress
November 5 – Terry McGurrin , actor, comedian and writer
November 14 – Serge Postigo , actor
November 19 – Gord Fraser , road racing cyclist
November 25 – Jill Hennessy , actress and musician, and Jacqueline Hennessy , actress and journalist
December 2 – Darren Ward , swimmer
December 3 – Brendan Fraser , actor
December 10 – Caroline Wittrin , hammer thrower
December 17 – Paul Tracy , racing car driver Ernest Charles Drury January 31 – George Arthur Brethen , politician (b.1877 )
February 5 – Frances Loring , sculptor (b.1887 )
February 13 – Portia White , singer (b.1911 )
February 16 – Healey Willan , organist and composer (b.1880 )
February 17 – Ernest Charles Drury , politician, writer and 8th Premier of Ontario (b.1878 )
March 10 - William John Rose , historian
March 22 - Margaret Duley , Newfoundland author
April 29 – Aubin-Edmond Arsenault , politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1870 )
May 30 – Charles Gavan Power , politician, Minister and Senator (b.1888 )
June 14 – John B. McNair , lawyer, politician, judge and 22nd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1889 )
August 1 – Maurice Spector , Chairman of the Communist Party of Canada (b.1898 )
August 14 - Olivier Maurault , French-Canadian historian
August 21 – Germaine Guèvremont , French-Canadian writer (b.1893 )[9]
September 26 – Daniel Johnson, Sr. , politician and 20th Premier of Quebec (b.1915 )
December 15 – Antonio Barrette , politician and 18th Premier of Quebec (b.1899 ) See also [ edit ] 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 ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2 ^ Idiot box channeling the Prime Ministers [permanent dead link ^
"Pierre Elliott Trudeau." Prime Minister of Canada. August 26, 2013. Accessed April 8, 2015.
^ Hubbard, Linda S.; Steen, Sara; O'Donnell, Owen (1989). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television ISBN 978-0-8103-2070-3 . Retrieved 17 March 2020 . ^ "Celine Dion | Biography, Songs, Awards, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 10 February 2020 .^ "Mary DEPIERO - Olympic Diving | Canada" . International Olympic Committee . 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2019 .^ Biographical information and career statistics from
^ Kuiper, Kathleen (1995). Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature . Springfield: Merriam-Webster. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6
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