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Grace MacInnis

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1975
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ;19.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of former Member of Parliament Grace MacInnis burying the time capsule at the official sod turning Friday for the government -owned MacInnis housing complex. Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson and Member of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Dowding were also in attendance.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1975
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ;19.5 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-297
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of former Member of Parliament Grace MacInnis burying the time capsule at the official sod turning Friday for the government -owned MacInnis housing complex. Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson and Member of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Dowding were also in attendance.
Subjects
Officials - Elected Officials
Names
MacInnis, Grace
Nicolson, Lorne
Dowding, Gordon
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Former MP Grace MacInnis buries the time capsule at the official sod turning Friday for the government -owned MacInnis housing complex on Government Road [sic] in Burnaby. Keeping a close eye on the ceremony are Housing Minister Lorne Nicolson and MLA Gordon Dowding, speaker of the House. The complex is to be called MacInnes Place and is a B.C. government comprehensive housing project."
Geographic Access
Keswick Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cameron Area
Images
Less detail

Grace MacInnis receiving her honorary degree

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grace MacInnis, in graduation gown and Cambridge bonnet, shaking hands with a chancellor as she receives her honorary degree from Simon Fraser University. She was a founding member of the CCF and served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1945, on th…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-415
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grace MacInnis, in graduation gown and Cambridge bonnet, shaking hands with a chancellor as she receives her honorary degree from Simon Fraser University. She was a founding member of the CCF and served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1945, on the executive of the national CCF, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of Parliament representing the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party from 1965 until her retirement in 1974. In 1974, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of a lifetime of service to Canada as teacher, author and parliamentarian".
Subjects
Ceremonies - Graduations
Names
Simon Fraser University
MacInnis, Grace
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Whistler, Don
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail