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Declarations and audit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription292
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1902-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes declarations of the City Clerk (1902), Clerk, Assessor and Collector (1908), and Assessor (1909).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1902-1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes declarations of the City Clerk (1902), Clerk, Assessor and Collector (1908), and Assessor (1909).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Deed of Land between George A. Stevens and George Leonard re District Lot 352 South Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18783
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 28 Mar. 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Deed of Land between George A. Stevens and George Leonard for South Vancouver Lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) of the Subdivision of Lots nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of Block sixteen (16) in District Lot 352.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Deed of Land between George A. Stevens and George Leonard for South Vancouver Lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) of the Subdivision of Lots nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of Block sixteen (16) in District Lot 352.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 28 Mar. 1908
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- buff paper, legal-sized, with black print; pink borders; folds out.
- Front of folded cover reads: "Dated March 28th 1908 / George A. Stevens / TO / George Leonard / DEED OF LAND / SITUATE I / South Vancouver / AND BEING / Lots Eleven (11) & Twelve (12) SubDiv (9)(10)(11)(12)&(13) Bk. (16) & Lot (352)" "115.5 x 33 / EVANS & HASTINGS PRINTERS"
- Inside reads: "This Indenture.../ between George A. Stevens of the City of Vancouver.../ And / George Leonard.../ ...sum of eight hundred and fifty ($850) .../ ... Lots Eleven (11) & Twelve (12) of the Subdivision of Lots nine (9) Ten (10) Eleven (11) Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) / of Block Sixteen (16) in DistLot-Three Hundred & / fifty two (352) Group one (1) New Westminster District..."
- signed by George Stevens twice, small red seals; witnessed twice by William Carter; "FOR MAKER" signed by William Carter, April 4, 1908; stamp seal "WILLIAM CARTER" "BRITISH COLUMBIA" "NOTARY PUBLIC"
Deed of land - estate of George Leonard to Martha Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10085
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Deed of Land between the executors, "George Alfred Stevens and Edmund Evans" of the Will of George Leonard to Martha Love, dated August 5, 1909 re: Lots 11 and 12 in re-subdivision of Lots 9 to 13, Block 16, District Lot 352, Group One, Vancouver District.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Material Details
- "DATED August 1909 / GEORGE ALFRED STEVENS & / EDMUND EVANS / to / MARTHA LOVE. / DEED OF LAND / McLELLAN & SAVAGE.", printed on the outside fold of the page.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Deed of Land between the executors, "George Alfred Stevens and Edmund Evans" of the Will of George Leonard to Martha Love, dated August 5, 1909 re: Lots 11 and 12 in re-subdivision of Lots 9 to 13, Block 16, District Lot 352, Group One, Vancouver District.
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1909
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
The designer, vol. xxiii, no. 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV973.133.1
- Call Number
- 746 STA
- Contributor
- Rice, Lilian Dynevor
- Place of Publication
- New York City
- Publisher
- Standard Fashion Company
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 136 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fashion
- Dressmaking
- Millinery
- Needlework
- Cooking
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "Conducted by Lilian Dynevor Rice." -- front cover
- Recipes for fruit desserts and soup p. 98-101
Ditches and water courses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription662
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains reports, correspondence, declarations and appeals related to the construction of ditches and water courses as well as the application to construct ditches made by Ida I. Dow, William Buckoll, and O. Goodacre. File also includes white linen plan of "Proposed Ditch in lot 153, G1, NWD…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2387
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains reports, correspondence, declarations and appeals related to the construction of ditches and water courses as well as the application to construct ditches made by Ida I. Dow, William Buckoll, and O. Goodacre. File also includes white linen plan of "Proposed Ditch in lot 153, G1, NWD" located at M9-B-3-20.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- A map of Proposed Ditch in Lot 153 : M9-B-3-20
Ditches and water courses - Ceperley and Byrne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription683
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and applications for the construction of ditches in DL 79, made by Henry T. Ceperley and Peter Byrne.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2408
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and applications for the construction of ditches in DL 79, made by Henry T. Ceperley and Peter Byrne.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Ditches and water courses - Fraser Valley nurseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription681
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the Fraser Valley Nurseries Co., Ltd., pertaining to the construction of a ditch on Nursery Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2406
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreement made between the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and the Fraser Valley Nurseries Co., Ltd., pertaining to the construction of a ditch on Nursery Road.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Ditches and water courses - Mercer's application
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription680
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains application made by Benn Mercer for the construction of a ditch on his property (DL 161, group 1).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2405
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains application made by Benn Mercer for the construction of a ditch on his property (DL 161, group 1).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Ditches and water courses (Sprott)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription668
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual records, cartographic material and architectural material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, certificates signed by the District Engineer attesting to the fact that ditches were constructed according to the Ditches and Waterworks Act, as well as notices to residents that ditches were to be built along their property. File also includes 2 blueprint plans and 1…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records, cartographic material and architectural material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2393
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, certificates signed by the District Engineer attesting to the fact that ditches were constructed according to the Ditches and Waterworks Act, as well as notices to residents that ditches were to be built along their property. File also includes 2 blueprint plans and 1 linen map of DL 79.
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Ditches - Woolard v. Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription670
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1907
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and court transcripts from the trial John Woolard v. Municipality of Burnaby which arose from charges brought against Burnaby for interfering with a ditch built by Woolard. File includes a blueprint plan of "Profile on Water Surface in Holland Road Ditch and Woollard's…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1907
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record and cartographic material
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2395
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and court transcripts from the trial John Woolard v. Municipality of Burnaby which arose from charges brought against Burnaby for interfering with a ditch built by Woolard. File includes a blueprint plan of "Profile on Water Surface in Holland Road Ditch and Woollard's Ditch " (1904) and a linen plan of Woollard's and Hooland Road ditches (lot 155a, group 1).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.
Document re payments, documents and release of mortgage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18805
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 12 Dec. 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten document on letter head "Thomas R. Pearson / Fire Life & Accident Insurance..." signed by Jesse Love, addressed to T.R. Pearson re payment to James Armstrong or his agent F.W. Howay and delivery of documents in possession of F.W. Howay as well as pay out for release o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten document on letter head "Thomas R. Pearson / Fire Life & Accident Insurance..." signed by Jesse Love, addressed to T.R. Pearson re payment to James Armstrong or his agent F.W. Howay and delivery of documents in possession of F.W. Howay as well as pay out for release of mortgage.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 12 Dec. 1906
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Document, very thin buff paper with black letterhead; at top in script, "Thomas R. Pearson," "Fire, Life & Accident Insurance." "Real Estate & Financial Broker."; engraving at left of four-leafed clover; "New Westminster, B.C."; handwritten in black ink, "12 Dec" "190" "6"; "To T.R. Pearson" "Please pay to Jas Armstrong or his Agent F.W. Howay the sum of $1013.00 and secure delivery of my documents in the possession of F W Howay, also pay out for release of mortgage", signed "Jesse Love"
Douglas Road diversion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription320
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the diversion of Douglas Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2011
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains records related to the diversion of Douglas Road.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Early life materials
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100655
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 p. of textual records, 3 small b&w prints, and other material.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records pertaining to the birth and early life of Beamish, including a pin worn in his bib as a baby; a hand-painted pin given to him as a baby to wear in his bib by Mrs. T.S. Gillis, taken from her blouse; a Beamish Family Pedigree compiled by C.T.M. Beamish; a photograph of his b…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 7 p. of textual records, 3 small b&w prints, and other material.
- Material Details
- File contains two small objects (broach pins)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66673
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records pertaining to the birth and early life of Beamish, including a pin worn in his bib as a baby; a hand-painted pin given to him as a baby to wear in his bib by Mrs. T.S. Gillis, taken from her blouse; a Beamish Family Pedigree compiled by C.T.M. Beamish; a photograph of his biological mother, Gertrude Applegate (nee Pearce); a photo of Gertrude Pearce and her mother; a graduation photo of Ran; a letter dated July 21, 1937, retroactively certifying Ran's birth and baptism; a photocopy of a letter signed by Ran’s birth parents giving him up for adoption; a photocopy of a letter signed by Ran’s adopted parents accepting his adoption; and a photocopy of Ran’s Certificate of Baptism, certifying his adoption.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
Edmonds waterworks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription367
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements, leases, reports and correspondence regarding the construction of a water works station in the Edmonds district.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2060
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains agreements, leases, reports and correspondence regarding the construction of a water works station in the Edmonds district.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- For related records see also files 6-3-2-6 and 6-3-2-7.
E.G. Rideout & Co. catalogue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary763
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- E. G. Rideout & Company
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Call Number
- 381 RID
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 381 RID
- Author
- E. G. Rideout & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 24 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Catalogs
Elections series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription141
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of municipal elections records, including records pertaining to the election of Reeves/Mayors and Council members and, early on, of school trustees and police commissioners. Series also includes early records related to bylaw elections, in which bylaws were put before the public fo…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Elections series
- Description Level
- Series
- File Class
- 45000 25 (add. 2020)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of municipal elections records, including records pertaining to the election of Reeves/Mayors and Council members and, early on, of school trustees and police commissioners. Series also includes early records related to bylaw elections, in which bylaws were put before the public for approval. Also included are voters’ lists, 1912 to 1954, and election posters for the period 1906 to 1926.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Elijah : an oratorio, op. 70
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3088
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New ed.
- Novello's original octavo ed.
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Call Number
- 782.23 MEN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.8
- Call Number
- 782.23 MEN
- Edition
- New ed.
- Novello's original octavo ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Novello and Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 206 p. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "_ W. _____" [handwritten in blue ink on page opposing title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oratorios--Vocal scores with piano
Elsie B. Wilson subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97446
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records documenting the piano career of Elsie B. Wilson. Records include concert programmes and newspaper clippings.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Elsie B. Wilson subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records documenting the piano career of Elsie B. Wilson. Records include concert programmes and newspaper clippings.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Wilson, Elsie B.
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC034, MSS002
Ephemera subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97408
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893 (date of original)-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and cartographic records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspapers, printed material, publications, artworks, maps and other ephemera items collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893 (date of original)-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and cartographic records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-22
- BHS1986-01
- BHS1986-16
- BHS1986-43
- BHS1988-02
- BHS1988-12
- BHS1988-14
- BHS1989-09
- BHS1989-11
- BHS1989-14
- BHS1989-16
- BHS1991-26
- BHS1991-35
- BHS1991-40
- BHS1992-01
- BHS1994-09
- BHS1995-13
- BHS1995-17
- BHS1996-10
- BHS1997-06
- BHS1997-10
- BHS1999-04
- BHS1999-08
- BHS2000-12
- BHS2004-09
- BHS2004-11
- BHS2005-04
- BHS2005-05
- BHS2007-03
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspapers, printed material, publications, artworks, maps and other ephemera items collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
- PC212, PC219, PC472, PC598, MSS005, MSS010, MSS034, MSS038, MSS046, MSS076, MSS081, MSS090, MSS111, MSS114, MSS119, MSS195
Ernest Winch fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64651
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records and 31 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, political leaflets, postcards, publications, correspondence and a scrapbook documenting the political careers of Ernest and Harold Winch.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records and 31 photographs
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, political leaflets, postcards, publications, correspondence and a scrapbook documenting the political careers of Ernest and Harold Winch.
- History
- Ernest Edward (Ernie) Winch was born at Harlow, Essex, England on March 22, 1879. Ernest was one of seven children; Walter, Albert, Alfred, Horace, Ernest, Emma and Caroline (Carrie). In 1898, when he was 19 years old, Ernest immigrated to Canada with his friend Jack Holttum to work on a farm in Saskatchewan. Ernest’s brother Alfred followed soon after and together the Winch brothers worked in British Columbia, then in Australia. Unfortunately the country was at the height of a heavy drought and so Ernest returned to Harlow and followed in his father's footsteps, apprenticing as a bricklayer. In 1905 Ernest Winch met and married Australian born Linda Marian Hendy. While in England they had Harold, born June 18, 1907, and Eileen, born in 1908. Ernest sailed back to Canada alone in 1910, his young family following him months later. He quickly became a member of the Bricklayers and Masons International Union No. 1, Vancouver Branch. Ernest began studying socialism in 1910 and joined the Social-Democratic Party of Canada in 1911. The Burnaby local of the Social-Democratic Party nominated Ernest Winch as a candidate for School Trustee in 1914. He received seven votes. In 1915 he and his eldest son Harold left the rest of the family at their home in White Rock and went to Mission to establish a homestead. While living in the Dewdney area, he organized a small Social-Democratic group in Mission and became its Secretary. However, he did not stay long in Dewdney. In the summer of 1918, Ernest left the Social-Democratic Party to join the Socialist Party. Once back in Burnaby, now 38 years old and looking for a way to support his family, Ernest answered a call for new workers from the Longshoremen’s Union. He joined the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Auxiliary and soon was elected its Secretary. By 1917, he was a part of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council, serving as its President by 1918. In 1919, he joined the B.C. Loggers Union (later the Lumber-Workers Industrial Unit), serving as Secretary. Ernest endorsed both the Vancouver General Strike in 1918 and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and was active in his support of the One Big Union (O.B.U). After two and a half years, Ernest left the ILA and rejoined the Longshoremen’s Union along with his former O.B.U. brother, William A. Pritchard. Soon after, a strike broke out and its unsuccessful end caused Winch to go back to bricklaying. By this time, the four youngest Winch children had been born: Charlie, Grace, Alan and Eric. Ernest re-founded the Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) in 1932 and, with it, joined the new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. In the 1933 provincial election he, his son Harold Winch, and five others became the first CCF Members of Legislative Assembly. As a CCF MLA for Burnaby, Ernest became a resolute advocate for immediate reform, exposing abuses and inadequacies in BC's social welfare and correctional institutions (including Oakalla) and taking a special interest in the problems of the aged. One of his many notable contributions was the creation of the New Vista Society, first developed to ease the problem of overcrowding in mental hospitals at the time. Ernest Winch held his seat in the legislature continuously until his death on January 11, 1957. One of his legacies left to the people of Burnaby are the New Vista Society senior citizens homes. He also founded the New Westminster branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A.). Ernest and Linda’s eldest son Harold Edward, an electrician by trade, married Dorothy Ada Hutchinson on May 11, 1929. At 26 years old, he was elected CCF MLA for Vancouver East (in 1933) and became provincial party leader by 1938, serving as leader of the Opposition from 1941 to 1953. When the CCF was defeated in the controversial election of 1953, which saw W.A.C. Bennet come to power, Harold abandoned provincial politics for the House of Commons, where he represented Vancouver East until his retirement in 1972.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS129, photo catalogue 514