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Burnaby Citizen's Association candidates

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46016
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1968
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of all of the Burnaby Citizen's Association candidates taking over the bandstand at the Burnaby Citizen's Association (BCA) dance at James Cowan Memorial Centre (now the James Cowan Theatre at The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts). The 'vocal trio' of School Board candidates; Bill Burke, Car…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1968
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 20.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-904
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of all of the Burnaby Citizen's Association candidates taking over the bandstand at the Burnaby Citizen's Association (BCA) dance at James Cowan Memorial Centre (now the James Cowan Theatre at The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts). The 'vocal trio' of School Board candidates; Bill Burke, Caroline Prior, and Cliff Murnane. Candidates for council; Joe Corsbie on drums, Dave Herd on saxophone, Jim Lorimer on piccolo, and Del Carrell on piano, with mayoral candidate Bob Prittie as conductor. Robert W. Prittie was Mayor of Burnaby from 1969 to 1973.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Officials - Elected Officials
Names
Burke, William Herbert "Bill"
Prior, Caroline
Murnane, Clifford J. "Cliff"
Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"
Herd, David M.
Lorimer, James G "Jim"
Carrell, Del
Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
Burnaby Citizens Association
Burnaby School Trustees
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Glover, Randy
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 7

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1937-1990
Length
00:05:53
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s discussion of the attitudes, energy and time commitment required for operating a seasonal business and needed for politics. He mentions the Nelson Avenue family home, still lived in by his mother
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s discussion of the attitudes, energy and time commitment required for operating a seasonal business and needed for politics. He mentions the Nelson Avenue family home, still lived in by his mother
Date Range
1937-1990
Photo Info
Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
Length
00:05:53
Subjects
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Officials - Elected Officials
Geographic Access
Nelson Avenue
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
March 14, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
Total Tracks
14
Total Length
1:34:40
Interviewee Name
Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
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 business computerization 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.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track seven of interview with Bill Lewarne

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Jim Lorimer

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45956
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 1969
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Lorimer upon winning the Burnaby-Willingdon by-election. He is standing in front of the poll results with then NDP Provincial Leader Robert Strachan, and both men are smiling. Jim Lorimer represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again fr…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 1969
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-850
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Lorimer upon winning the Burnaby-Willingdon by-election. He is standing in front of the poll results with then NDP Provincial Leader Robert Strachan, and both men are smiling. Jim Lorimer represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 1983 for the New Democratic Party. Before that he was a Burnaby Council member from 1966 to 1968, and in 1990 he was awarded the status of Freeman, the highest award to be bestowed by the Municipal government.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Officials - Elected Officials
Names
Lorimer, James G "Jim"
Strachan, Robert
New Democratic Party
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Hand aloft, New Democrat Jim Lorimer, left, candidate in the Burnaby-Willingdon byelection claims victory as the final poll results come in. NDP Provincial Leader Robert Strachan, right, was at campaign headquarters to congratulate Lorimer on his almost 2-1 victory over nearest contestant Dr. John Playfair, Social Credit. Liberal Jim Clark came in close behind Playfair and Progressive Conservative Reg Grandison trailed the field. Lorimer will take the seat left vacant by the death of NDP MLA Fred Vulliamy Oct. 20."
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Do Not Use / Reference Only"
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Jim Lorimer

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45960
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1968], published February 24, 1968
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 Jim Lorimer who represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 1983 for the New Democratic Party. Before that he was a Burnaby Council member from 1966 to 1968, and in 1990 he was awarded the status of Freeman, the highest award…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1968], published February 24, 1968
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-854
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Lorimer who represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 1983 for the New Democratic Party. Before that he was a Burnaby Council member from 1966 to 1968, and in 1990 he was awarded the status of Freeman, the highest award to be bestowed by the Municipal government.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Officials - Elected Officials
Names
Lorimer, James G "Jim"
New Democratic Party
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Tag on verso of photograph reads: "Return to Library"
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Jim Lorimer and his wife Cicely

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45961
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1969]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Lorimer and his wife Cicely dining at a formal occassion. Jim Lorimer represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 1983 for the New Democratic Party. Before that he was a Burnaby Council member from 1966 to 1968, and in 19…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1969]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-855
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jim Lorimer and his wife Cicely dining at a formal occassion. Jim Lorimer represented the provincial constituency of Burnaby-Willingdon from 1969 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 1983 for the New Democratic Party. Before that he was a Burnaby Council member from 1966 to 1968, and in 1990 he was awarded the status of Freeman, the highest award to be bestowed by the Municipal government.
Subjects
Officials - Alderman and Councillors
Officials - Elected Officials
Names
Lorimer, James G "Jim"
Lorimer, Cicely Edith Charters
New Democratic Party
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Do Not Use / Reference Only"
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Pearl Bentley with MLA Gordon Dowding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64848
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Pearl Bentley, president, and fellow members of the Women Only club speaking with MLA Gordon Dowding.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1575
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Pearl Bentley, president, and fellow members of the Women Only club speaking with MLA Gordon Dowding.
Subjects
Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs
Officials - Elected Officials
Names
Dowding, Gordon
Bentley, Pearl
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Timbrell, Don
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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