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Grace MacInnis receiving her honorary degree
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45520
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grace MacInnis, in graduation gown and Cambridge bonnet, shaking hands with a chancellor as she receives her honorary degree from Simon Fraser University. She was a founding member of the CCF and served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1945, on th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-415
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grace MacInnis, in graduation gown and Cambridge bonnet, shaking hands with a chancellor as she receives her honorary degree from Simon Fraser University. She was a founding member of the CCF and served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1945, on the executive of the national CCF, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of Parliament representing the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party from 1965 until her retirement in 1974. In 1974, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of a lifetime of service to Canada as teacher, author and parliamentarian".
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Graduations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Whistler, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Gwen Dowding, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-953.jpg?width=280)
Gwen Dowding
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46065
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Citizen's Association Alderman Gwen Dowding. She served as Alderman in 1972 but decided not to seek re-election the following year, as she felt her husband's involvement with the New Democratic Party "would conflict with my own duties here", being that her husband was MLA for …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-953
- 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 Alderman Gwen Dowding. She served as Alderman in 1972 but decided not to seek re-election the following year, as she felt her husband's involvement with the New Democratic Party "would conflict with my own duties here", being that her husband was MLA for Burnaby-Douglas at the time, and was designated Speaker of the House.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Williams Brothers Photographers Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 30419
Images
![Gwen Dowding, [1971] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-953.jpg)