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Charles W. MacSorley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46037
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 3.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 3.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-925
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Charles W. MacSorley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46038
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960, published March 26, 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 4.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley when he was a Burnaby Councillor and president of the Union of BC Municipalities. Charles MacSorley was Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960, published March 26, 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 4.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-926
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley when he was a Burnaby Councillor and president of the Union of BC Municipalities. Charles MacSorley was Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Charles W. MacSorley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46039
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960, published September 21, 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960, published September 21, 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-927
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Charles W. MacSorley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46041
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1964]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1964]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-929
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby from 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and from 1959 to 1964.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Dave Herd
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45190
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963, published April 15, 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave (David M.) Herd taken when he was running for Council as a Burnaby Citizens' Association candidate. He was a member of the Parks Board from 1956 to 1961 and served on the Burnaby Council as a Burnaby Citizens’ Association candidate from 1964 to 1970. Later, from 1974 to 1981, he …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963, published April 15, 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-086
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave (David M.) Herd taken when he was running for Council as a Burnaby Citizens' Association candidate. He was a member of the Parks Board from 1956 to 1961 and served on the Burnaby Council as a Burnaby Citizens’ Association candidate from 1964 to 1970. Later, from 1974 to 1981, he was a member of the Burnaby Hospital Board, eventually serving as its Chairman. In 1984, he was awarded the status of Freeman, the highest award to be bestowed by the Municipal government.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Dave Mercier
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46275
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the council from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor from 1979 to 1981.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1163
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the council from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor from 1979 to 1981.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- Mercier, David M. "Dave"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- LeBlanc, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamps on verso of photograph reads: "RETURN TO LIBRARY" and "DO NOT USE / REFERENCE ONLY"
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 5454
- Don LeBlanc was a photographer for Croton Studios Limited
Images
Dave Mercier
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46297
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1968 and 1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier, a council member from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor from 1979 to 1981.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1968 and 1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1185
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier, a council member from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor from 1979 to 1981.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- Mercier, David M. "Dave"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "Dave Mercier"
Images
Dave Mercier and Clara Macdonald
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37806
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1966] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier and Clara Macdonald at a social function. Dave Mercier was on the council from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor of Burnaby from 1979 to 1981.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1966] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-394
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier and Clara Macdonald at a social function. Dave Mercier was on the council from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor of Burnaby from 1979 to 1981.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Copied from col. photograph
Images
Dave Mercier and his wife
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46293
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier and his wife sitting inside at the Hastings Park racetrack in Vancouver, BC, reading over the racing form together. Dave Mercier was a council member from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor from 1979 to 1981.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1181
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Mercier and his wife sitting inside at the Hastings Park racetrack in Vancouver, BC, reading over the racing form together. Dave Mercier was a council member from 1968 to 1971, and from 1977 to 1981, serving as Mayor from 1979 to 1981.
- Names
- Mercier, David M. "Dave"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Symonds, John
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Social"
Images
Hugh Ladner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36192
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lawyer Hugh Ladner, taken in a studio and used as an official council photograph. He was on the council from 1969 to 1972.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 231-022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lawyer Hugh Ladner, taken in a studio and used as an official council photograph. He was on the council from 1969 to 1972.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- LeBlanc, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 5114-1
- Don LeBlanc was a photographer for Croton Studios Limited
Images
Hugh Ladner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45805
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1968 and 1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 23.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Voters Association Alderman Hugh Ladner with the "Ladnerettes", a group of performers, actually named the "Lionettes" from the Gai Praee supper club that were helping to promote him. They are all standing in a semi-circle, with their arms over eachother's shoulders, and wearin…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1968 and 1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 23.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-699
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Voters Association Alderman Hugh Ladner with the "Ladnerettes", a group of performers, actually named the "Lionettes" from the Gai Praee supper club that were helping to promote him. They are all standing in a semi-circle, with their arms over eachother's shoulders, and wearing costumes with white straw hats that read; "Ladner". Hugh Ladner has his hat in his hand, and is leaning into the center of the frame, smiling. The "Ladnerettes" are; Chris Prentice, Francine Lightfoot, Joan Mitchell, Wendy Baldock, Maggie Wills, Judy Miller, and Joan Ladner. Hugh Ladner served as Alderman from 1968 to 1972.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Symonds, John
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
James H. Edwards
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45225
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James H. Edwards during his time as Burnaby Citizen's Associaton Aldermanic Candidate. He served on the Burnaby Council from 1959 to 1962 and again from 1964 to 1965. He worked as a lawyer and was the Red Cross Campaign Chairman for Burnaby, and ran in the 1956 provincial election as…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-121
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James H. Edwards during his time as Burnaby Citizen's Associaton Aldermanic Candidate. He served on the Burnaby Council from 1959 to 1962 and again from 1964 to 1965. He worked as a lawyer and was the Red Cross Campaign Chairman for Burnaby, and ran in the 1956 provincial election as a Liberal Party candidate before joining the Burnaby Council.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Paul Seifner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paul Seifner, Burnaby councillor from 1958 to 1959.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1109
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paul Seifner, Burnaby councillor from 1958 to 1959.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- Seifner, Paul
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Graphic Industries Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Warren Clark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57691
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 4.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark giving a speech. He was on the Burnaby council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 4.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-701
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark giving a speech. He was on the Burnaby council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Warren Clark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46084
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962, published April 27, 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the Burnaby council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962, published April 27, 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-972
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the Burnaby council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Warren Clark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46087
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-975
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Warren Clark
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46088
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-976
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Warren Clark, taken in a photographic studio. He was on the council from 1961 to 1963, and from 1969 to 1973.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Williams Brothers Photographers Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Interview with Lee Rankin by Kathy Bossort December 2, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory643
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1963-2009
- Length
- 0:10:40
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Lee Rankin talking about why he chose a career in politics and what kept him interested being a Burnaby councillor for 22 years. He tells the story about the land swap that he helped engineer with the School Board that enabled the building of the new Burnaby S…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Lee Rankin talking about why he chose a career in politics and what kept him interested being a Burnaby councillor for 22 years. He tells the story about the land swap that he helped engineer with the School Board that enabled the building of the new Burnaby South Secondary School. He relates that this experience in the late 1980s would become key in finding a resolution for the City/SFU dispute. He talks about the positions held by the university and the City over land ownership and control on Burnaby Mountain. Rezoning for Discovery Park and the 1964 Simon Fraser Townsite Master Plan (1964) are discussed.
- Date Range
- 1963-2009
- Length
- 0:10:40
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- December 2, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Lee Rankin conducted by Kathy Bossort. Lee Rankin was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Lee Rankin’s involvement in finding a resolution to the dispute between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University over land ownership and control on Burnaby Mountain. He talks about the origin of the dispute, the positions taken by the two sides, the key people who brought about a resolution, and the main features of the agreement between the City, SFU and the province of BC. He talks about how the agreement met SFU’s goals, fostered trust between the City and university, and removed uncertainty from protecting parkland on Burnaby Mountain.
- Biographical Notes
- Lee Rankin was born in 1953 in Vancouver. He attended SFU 1973-78, completing his BA degree in 1985. He earned his law degree at UBC in 1988, was called to the Bar in 1989, and practiced in immigration and refugee law. Lee has lived in Burnaby since 1976 and was a member of Burnaby Council for 22 years, from 1983-1999 and 2002-2008. His particular interests as a Councillor were in community planning, housing and environment. Among other duties and accomplishments as Councillor, Lee served as chair of the Simon Fraser Liaison Committee and was involved in the negotiations with the province and SFU that resulted in the university returning more than 800 acres of land to the City, which was dedicated as part of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He has also served on the GVRD, volunteers as a coach for team sports in Burnaby, and has served on numerous community and business associations and committees. Lee is married to Ragini Venkat Rankin and has one son Henry.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:50:35
- Interviewee Name
- Rankin, Lee A.
- Interview Location
- Lee Rankin's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Lee Rankin
Track two of interview with Lee Rankin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-014/MSS196-014_Track_2.mp3Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory478
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s political career and his volunteer work with Cliff Avenue soccer, the Burnaby Mental Health Association, the library board, and the New Vista Society. He talks about his association with Alan Emmott and the founding of the Better Burnaby Commi…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s political career and his volunteer work with Cliff Avenue soccer, the Burnaby Mental Health Association, the library board, and the New Vista Society. He talks about his association with Alan Emmott and the founding of the Better Burnaby Committee (BBC), his election to Burnaby Council in 1972 with BVA, and his membership in and work for the federal NDP
- Date Range
- 1956-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Names
- Emmott, Alan H
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 about Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- 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
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Merrill Gordon
Track seven of interview with Merrill Gordon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-020/MSS187-020_Track_7.mp3Bob Prittie, Caroline Prior and Del Carrell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46022
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Citizen's Association candidates; school board trustee Caroline Prior, Mayor Bob Prittie, and aldermanic candidate Del Carrell filing civic election nomination papers at City Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-910
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Citizen's Association candidates; school board trustee Caroline Prior, Mayor Bob Prittie, and aldermanic candidate Del Carrell filing civic election nomination papers at City Hall.
- Names
- Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
- Prior, Caroline
- Carrell, Del
- Burnaby Citizens Association
- Burnaby School Trustees
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Filing civic election nomination papers at municipal hall are BCA candidates Mrs. Caroline Prior, incumbent school board trustee; mayoralty [sic] candidate Robert Prittie, and aldermanic candidate Mrs. Del Carrell."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area