- 1928 in Canada
"See also:"
1927 in Canada ,
other events of 1928,1929 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
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April 2 -Camillien Houde elected mayor ofMontreal
*May 31 - theLegislative Council of Nova Scotia is abolished
*August 20 -John Duncan MacLean resigns as premier of British Columbia
*August 21 -Simon Fraser Tolmie becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John Duncan MacLean
* TheSupreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to theBritish North America Act —reversed a year later by theJudicial Committee of the Privy Council in BritainBirths
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January 2 -Avie Bennett , publisher
*February 13 -Gerald A. Regan , Nova Scotia premier
*February 16 -Les Costello , ice hockey player, Catholic priest and founder of theFlying Fathers
*March 8 -Gerald Bull , artillery designer
*March 10 -Robert C. Coates , politician
*March 17 -William John McKeag , Manitoba politician
*March 31 -Gordie Howe , hockey player
*April 10 -Fraser MacPherson , musician
*April 17 -Fabien Roy , politician
*April 28 -Zbigniew Basinski , physicist
*April 30 -Hugh Hood , author
*May 4 -Maynard Ferguson , jazz trumpet player
*May 9 -Barbara Ann Scott , figure skater
*May 23 -Pauline Julien , singer
*May 23 -Sidney Spivak , Manitoba politician
*July 26 -Peter Lougheed , Alberta politician
*August 19 -Qaqaq Ashoona , sculptor
*September 10 -Jean Vanier , founder ofL'Arche
*October 1 -Jim Pattison , businessman
*October 27 -Gilles Vigneault , poet and musician
*December 15 -Ida Haendel , violinist
*December 16 - Roy Bailey, politician
*December 21 -Clayton Kenny , boxer
*December 29 -Robert Hylton Brisco , politician
* December 29 -Norman Cafik , politician
*Bruno Gerussi , actorDeaths
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