"Elections" found 234 records

Scope and Content: File consists of election records related to Doreen Lawson's campaigns for City Councillor in the years 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, and 1983. The file also includes congratulatory letters to Ms. Lawson from Municipal and Provincial elected officials.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971-1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of election records related to Doreen Lawson's campaigns for City Councillor in the years 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, and 1983. The file also includes congratulatory letters to Ms. Lawson from Municipal and Provincial elected officials.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Photographs 605-001 separated from file

Elections candidate card for Hugh H. Stewart

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1946]

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of one candacy card which reads: "Hugh H. Stewart / Candidate / for COUNCILLOR / WARD FIVE / 34 years Resident Taxpayer of WARD FIVE / President of North Burnaby Board of Trade, / Member and Trustee Burnaby Hospital Fund Committee".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Series: Hugh H. Stewart associations and memberships series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of one candacy card which reads: "Hugh H. Stewart / Candidate / for COUNCILLOR / WARD FIVE / 34 years Resident Taxpayer of WARD FIVE / President of North Burnaby Board of Trade, / Member and Trustee Burnaby Hospital Fund Committee".

Names: Stewart, Hugh Henry

Accession Code: HV979.50.251

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1946]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of item

Elections series

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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

Endorsement of Policy of Universal Franchise in Municipal Elections

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70090

Meeting Date: 1-Mar-1943

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70090

Meeting Date: 1-Mar-1943

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 70090

1-Mar-1943 Meeting Minutes

Enumeration for Municipal Elections

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 3477

Meeting Date: 20-Aug-1984

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 52

Item No.: 5

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 3477

Meeting Date: 20-Aug-1984

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 52

Item No.: 5

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 3477

20-Aug-1984 Meeting Minutes

Municipal Act, Public Schools Act, Elections Act, local improvements, debt refunding, residence and responsibility

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: One bound volume, containing the following six sections: Municipal Act; Public School Act; Elections Act; Local Improvements; Debt Refunding; and Residence and Responsibility.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 4017

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: One bound volume, containing the following six sections: Municipal Act; Public School Act; Elections Act; Local Improvements; Debt Refunding; and Residence and Responsibility.

Media Type: Textual Record

Polling Places for Forthcoming Municipal Elections

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45453

Meeting Date: 8-Nov-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45453

Meeting Date: 8-Nov-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45453

8-Nov-1954 Meeting Minutes

Resolution of the Union of BC Municipalities Proposing and Amendment to the Elections Act to Provide for the Right of Persons of British Indian Origin to Vote

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48947

Meeting Date: 14-Jul-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 48947

Meeting Date: 14-Jul-1947

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 48947

14-Jul-1947 Meeting Minutes

Upcoming Federal Elections

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38169

Meeting Date: 24-Mar-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38169

Meeting Date: 24-Mar-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 38169

24-Mar-1958 Meeting Minutes

Ernest E. Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 12, 1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch holding a telephone receiver up to his ear to receive the election results as he smiles at the camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 12, 1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch holding a telephone receiver up to his ear to receive the election results as he smiles at the camera.

Subjects: Elections; Telecommunication Tools and Equipment; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note on recto of photograph reads: "Ernest E. Winch M.L.A. / Burnaby June 12 1952 / 1933 - 34 - 41- 45 - 49 - 52"; Note on verso of (destroyed) copy print read: "Ernest Winch Aged 73, Receiving Election Results in 1952"

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Ernest E. Winch, June 12, 1952 thumbnail

E.W. Martin for Reeve

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 poster

Scope and Content: Item consists of a campaign poster for Elmer W. Martin who ran as an NPA candidate for Reeve of Burnaby in 1959. Poster reads: "Wake Up Burnaby! / Martin for Reeve / NPA will lead the way".

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Series: Paneloc Marketing Ltd. business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 poster

Scope and Content: Item consists of a campaign poster for Elmer W. Martin who ran as an NPA candidate for Reeve of Burnaby in 1959. Poster reads: "Wake Up Burnaby! / Martin for Reeve / NPA will lead the way".

Subjects: Elections; Government - Local Government

Names: Martin, Elmer Wilson

Accession Code: BV019.40.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1959

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: February 4, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Interview with Bill Gruenthal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Transportation; Transportation - Rail; Religions - Judaism; Cemeteries; Organizations; Elections

Names: Gruenthal, Bill; Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow; O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal; O'Connor, John; Burquest; Jacobson, Max Alec; Temple Shalom; Brentwood Shopping Centre; Brentwood Park School; Alpha Secondary School; Burnaby School Board

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

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2023_0016_0014_004

Audio Tracks

Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 11

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1979-1990

Length: 00:09:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s service as Alderman (1979-1985), his support for Bill Copeland in 1987 and conflicts with Mayor Bill Lewarne, and some of the issues he dealt with such as illegal suites, density planning and highrises for Hastings

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s service as Alderman (1979-1985), his support for Bill Copeland in 1987 and conflicts with Mayor Bill Lewarne, and some of the issues he dealt with such as illegal suites, density planning and highrises for Hastings

Date Range: 1979-1990

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:09:05

Names: Copeland, William J; Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

Subjects: Officials - Aldermen and Councillors; Planning; Elections

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track eleven of interview with Don Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%2011.mp3

Interview with Hazel Simnett by Eric Damer October 27, 2012 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 2012

Length: 0:08:48

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Hazel Simnett's memories of political as well as social events. Hazel discusses Tommy Douglas and the redrawing of electoral districts. She also tells a story of the Astoria Hotel's neon lights. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Hazel Simnett's memories of political as well as social events. Hazel discusses Tommy Douglas and the redrawing of electoral districts. She also tells a story of the Astoria Hotel's neon lights. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview.

Date Range: 2012

Photo Info: Hazel Simnett standing in a garden, with a small dog in her arms [194-]. Item no. 549-063.

Length: 0:08:48

Names: Douglas, Tommy

Subjects: Elections

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 27, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Hazel Simnett conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 27, 2012. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview. Major theme discussed: political activism in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Hazel Simnett was born in Burnaby in 1922 and grew up looking up to her father Frederick Simnett who was very involved in labour and unions. A politically active citizen, Hazel Simnett has supported the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP). She once ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Burnaby City Council. In 2006, Hazel Simnett won the Burnaby Local Hero Award for her volunteer work at the New Vista Society where she served as chair for a number of years. She also served as a member of the Burnaby Historical Society and established the Hazel Simnett Endowment with the Burnaby Public Library to bring a collection of books on Canadian history and social issues.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:36:12

Interviewee Name: Simnett, Hazel

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Hazel Simnett standing in a garden, with a small dog in her arms [194-]. Item no. 549-063. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of recording of interview with Hazel Simnett

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-024/MSS171-024_Track_4.mp3

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Amendment to the Municipal Elections Act to Provide for the Right to Vote for Persons of British East Indian and Chinese Origin

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Closure of Municipal Offices to Allow Municipal Employees the Required Three Hours in Which to Vote According to Dominion Elections Act

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Elections 1969-1983

Elections candidate card for Hugh H. Stewart

Elections series

Endorsement of Policy of Universal Franchise in Municipal Elections

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Enumeration for Municipal Elections

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Municipal Act, Public Schools Act, Elections Act, local improvements, debt refunding, residence and responsibility

Polling Places for Forthcoming Municipal Elections

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Resolution of the Union of BC Municipalities Proposing and Amendment to the Elections Act to Provide for the Right of Persons of British Indian Origin to Vote

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Upcoming Federal Elections

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Ernest E. Winch

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E.W. Martin for Reeve

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Interview with Bill Gruenthal

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Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 11

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Interview with Hazel Simnett by Eric Damer October 27, 2012 - Track 4

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