1928 in Canada
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Events from the year 1928 in Canada.
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[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] Arts and Literature
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 2 - Avie Bennett, businessman and philanthropist
- January 2 - Allen Sapp, painter
- February 13 - Gerald Regan, politician, Minister and Premier of Nova Scotia
- February 16 - Les Costello, ice hockey player and Catholic priest (d.2002)
- February 26 - Donald Davis, actor (d.1998)
- March 9 - Gerald Bull, engineer and artillery designer (d.1990)
- March 10 - Robert Coates, politician and Minister
- March 12 - Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, politician and Senator (d.2009)
- March 17 - William John McKeag, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d.2007)
- March 31 - Gordie Howe, ice hockey player
[edit] April to June
- April 10 - Fraser MacPherson, jazz musician (d.1993)
- April 17 - Fabien Roy, politician
- April 28 - Zbigniew Basinski, physicist
- April 30 - Hugh Hood, novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor (d.2000)
- May 4 - Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player and bandleader (d.2006)
- May 7 - Bruno Gerussi, actor and television presenter (d.1995)
- May 9 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater and Olympic gold medalist
- May 23 - Pauline Julien, singer, songwriter, actress and feminist activist (d.1998)
- May 23 - Sidney Spivak, politician and Minister (d.2002)
- June 13 - Renée Morisset, pianist (d.2009)
[edit] July to December
- July 26 - Peter Lougheed, lawyer and politician
- September 10 - Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche
- October 1 - Jim Pattison, businessman
- October 27 - Gilles Vigneault, poet, publisher and singer-songwriter
- November 3 - Gary Lautens, humorist and newspaper columnist (d.1992)
- November 16 - David Adams, ballet dancer (d.2007)
- November 20 - Toni Onley, painter (d.2004)
- December 16 - Roy Bailey, politician
- December 21 - Clayton Kenny, boxer
- December 29 - Robert Hylton Brisco, politician (d.2004)
- December 29 - Norman Cafik, politician
[edit] Full date unknown
- Peter Bronfman, businessman (d.1996)
