Events June 11 - Ontario election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority June 18 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a seventh consecutive majority September 7 - Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec, dies in office September 11 - Prince Edward Island, replacing Alex Matheson Avro Arrow project is terminated St. Lawrence Seaway opens National Energy Board of Canada is created Births August 29 - Chris Hadfield, astronaut November 5 - Bryan Adams, singer Deaths September 7 - Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec