Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1970 in Canada, other events of 1971, 1972 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 4 Deaths Events March 1 - Bill Davis becomes premier of Ontario, replacing John Robarts June 23 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP wins a majority, defeating Ross Thatcher's Liberals June 30 - Allan Blakeney becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Ross Thatcher August 30 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a majority, defeating Harry Strom's Social Credit Party, which had governed for 36 years September 10 - Peter Lougheed becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Harry Strom October 21 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win an eighth consecutive majority Arts and literature Births April 9 - Jacques Villeneuve, automobile racing driver July 30 - Tom Green, actor Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.