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