Incumbents Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé Premier of Alberta - Don Getty Premier of British Columbia - Bill Bennett then Bill Vander Zalm Premier of Manitoba - Howard Pawley Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield then Frank McKenna Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Peckford Premier of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan Premier of Ontario - David Peterson Premier of Prince Edward Island - James Lee then Joe Ghiz Premier of Quebec - Robert Bourassa Premier of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine Events January 22 - An investigation determines that a bomb caused the crash of Air India flight 182 Febraury 8 - 26 people are killed when a VIA Rail train collides with CN Rail train February 23 - 23 people are killed in a train crash near Hinton, Alberta January 31 - The Canadian dollar hits an all-time low of 70.2 U.S. cents on international money markets May 1 - Shirley Carr becomes the first female head of the Canadian Union of Public Employees May 2 - Joe Ghiz becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Lee May 2 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia opens. May 8 - Alberta election: Don Getty's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority, but a smaller majority than before May 25 - A Malkiat Singh Sdhu a cabinet minister in the Indian province of Punjab is assasinated in Vancouver June 19 - The new Competition Act comes into force June 20 - Jean Drapeau resigns as mayor of Montreal August 5 - Canada adopts sanctions against [[South Africa]] for its apartheid policies
Deaths February 27 - Jacques Plante, hockey star March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist August 20 - Milton Acorn, poet November 5 - Claude Jutra, filmaker
