1928 in Canada

See also: 1927 in Canada, other events of 1928, 1929 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

April 2 - Camillien Houde elected mayor of Montreal
May 31 - the Legislative 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
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain

Births

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 the Flying 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 of L'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 - Norman Cafik, politician
Bruno Gerussi, actor

Deaths

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