1828 in Canada
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Events from the year 1828 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch: George IV<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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: Howard Douglas
- 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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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
References
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