Events from the year 1828 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch: George IV
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) 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
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