   events from the year 1988 in canada. ==incumbents==  === crown === * head of state (monarch) â queen elizabeth ii (consort â prince philip, duke of edinburgh) === federal government === * governor general â jeanne sauvÃ© (viceregal consort â maurice sauvÃ©) * prime minister â brian mulroney === provincial governments === ==== lieutenant governors ==== *lieutenant governor of alberta â helen hunley *lieutenant governor of british columbia â robert g. rogers (until september 9) then david lam *lieutenant governor of manitoba â george johnson *lieutenant governor of new brunswick â gilbert finn *lieutenant governor of newfoundland â james mcgrath *lieutenant governor of nova scotia â alan abraham *lieutenant governor of ontario â lincoln alexander *lieutenant governor of prince edward island â lloyd macphail *lieutenant governor of quebec â gilles lamontagne *lieutenant governor of saskatchewan â frederick johnson (until september 7) then sylvia fedoruk ==== premiers ==== *premier of alberta â don getty *premier of british columbia â bill vander zalm *premier of manitoba â howard pawley (until may 9) then gary filmon *premier of new brunswick â frank mckenna *premier of newfoundland â brian peckford *premier of nova scotia â john buchanan *premier of ontario â david peterson *premier of prince edward island â joe ghiz *premier of quebec â robert bourassa *premier of saskatchewan â grant devine === territorial governments === ==== commissioners ==== * commissioner of yukon â john kenneth mckinnon * commissioner of northwest territories â john havelock parker ==== premiers ==== *premier of the northwest territories â dennis patterson *premier of yukon â tony penikett ==events== *january 28 â canada's abortion laws are repealed by the supreme court. *march 19 â jacques parizeau becomes leader of the parti quÃ©bÃ©cois *may â hmcs halifax, the first halifax class frigate is launched in saint john, new brunswick *may 9 â gary filmon becomes premier of manitoba, replacing howard pawley *june 4 â the canadian heraldic authority is established, with a mandate to grant armourial bearings to worthy canadians and canadian corporations. it is the first heraldic authority in the commonwealth of nations outside the united 
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