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1829
Events from the year 1829 in Canada.
Incumbents
Monarch: George IVKing George IV https://www.royal.uk/king-george-iv-r-1820-1830 18 April 2016 Official website of the British monarchy
Federal government
13th Parliament of Lower Canada
10th Parliament of Upper Canada
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)Lewis William H. Aqueduct Merrittsville and Welland: A History of the City of Welland: The Beginning Years A.M.W Publications 1997 0-9682743-0-7
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)Hélène Filteau Jean Hamelin John Keyes Senécal (Sénécal), Louis-Adélard 11 https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/senecal_louis_adelard_11E.html 2023-10-02
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)www.ixmedia.com Articles Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-554/Henri-Gustave_Joly_and_the_Development_of_our_Natural_Heritage.html 2023-10-02 www.ameriquefrancaise.org fr
Deaths
June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)
References
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