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1829 in Canada

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Events from the year 1829 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: George IV

Federal government

Governors

  • Governor-General of the Province of Canada: James Kempt
  • Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick: Sir Howard Douglas
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
  • Colonial Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
  • Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready

Events

  • January 4 – Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada founds Upper Canada College, as a feeder school to the newly formed University of Toronto and a home for the colony's upper class.
  • November 30 – Construction of the First Welland Canal is completed (construction to begin again in 1831)

Births

  • May 28 – A. B. Rogers, surveyor (died 1889)
  • June 7 – Joseph Godéric Blanchet, politician (died 1890)
  • July 10 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (died 1887)
  • August 1 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896)
  • December 5 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, politician, Minister, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908)

Deaths

  • June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)

References

References

  1. "King George IV".
  2. Lewis, William H.. (1997). "Aqueduct Merrittsville and Welland: A History of the City of Welland: The Beginning Years". A.M.W Publications.
  3. "Senécal (Sénécal), Louis-Adélard".
  4. www.ixmedia.com. "Articles {{!}} Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage".
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