1828 in Canada

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Events from the year 1828 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: George IV

Federal government[]

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 13th
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 9th (until March 25)

Governors[]

• Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
• Governor of New Brunswick: George Stracey Smyth
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Coape Sherbrooke
• Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith

Events[]

• William Lyon Mackenzie elected to the Assembly with the first Reform majority.
• Settlement begins in Stratford, Ontario
• A memorandum is sent by the Parti Patriote to the British Parliament listing grievances over lack of power for the elected assembly and other issues.

Births[]

• January 23 – John Carling, businessman and politician (died 1911)
• April 1 – William Whiteway, politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland (died 1908)
• May 25 – James McIntyre, poet (died 1906)
• October 5 – Alexander Gunn, politician (died 1907)

Deaths[]

• Tête Jaune, trapper

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