"Winch, Ernest "Ernie"" found 20 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) opposition members of the B.C. Legislature. Front row, left to right: Ernie Winch (MLA), Harold Winch (MLA), and Arthur Turner (MLA). Back, left to right: Ran Harding (MLA), Frank Calder (MLA), Rupert Haggen (MLA), and Leo Nimsick, Vict…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-505

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) opposition members of the B.C. Legislature. Front row, left to right: Ernie Winch (MLA), Harold Winch (MLA), and Arthur Turner (MLA). Back, left to right: Ran Harding (MLA), Frank Calder (MLA), Rupert Haggen (MLA), and Leo Nimsick, Victoria. Ernie Winch was Leader of the Opposition. He and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure. Frank Calder was the First Status Indian elected to the Legislature.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Calder, Frank; Haggen, Rupert; Harding, Ran; Nimsick, Leo; Turner, Arthur; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Harold Edward

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ernest and Alan Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1942

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) standing next to his son Alan Winch, dressed in uniform. An unidentified dog stands between them, facing the camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1942

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-030

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) standing next to his son Alan Winch, dressed in uniform. An unidentified dog stands between them, facing the camera.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms; Animals - Dogs; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Alan

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Ernest and Alan - 1942"

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Ernest and Alfred Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1951

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) standing at the edge of a fenced property, next to his older brother Alfred (Alf) Winch, who is leaning on a cane. They are at "Feltimore" (now Feltimore Park) at Harlow, Essex, England.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1951

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-029

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) standing at the edge of a fenced property, next to his older brother Alfred (Alf) Winch, who is leaning on a cane. They are at "Feltimore" (now Feltimore Park) at Harlow, Essex, England.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Alfred "Alf"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "E.E. Winch with brother Alf in Harlow on a visit."; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Feltimore / June 1951"

Images

Ernest and Alfred Winch, June 1951 thumbnail

Ernest and Linda Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest and Linda Winch on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest and Linda Winch on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Linda Marian Hendy

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photo By / The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street / New Westminster, B.C."; Handwritten in ink above photographer's stamp: "A."; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 7326; Stamp across verso of photograph reads: "PROOF ONLY"

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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

Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm , mounted to grey card 16 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch in a three-piece suit. He was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm , mounted to grey card 16 x 11 cm

Material Details: Photograph is mounted to grey card with grey photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch in a three-piece suit. He was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Columbia Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's mark (in pencil) on recto of photograph reads: "Columbia Studio"

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 19, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch. He was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Ernie and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 19, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-019

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. He was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Ernie and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in white ink on recto of photograph reads: "EEW / Sep 19 '56"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photo By / The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia Street / New Westminster, B.C."

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1938

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch wearing a three-piece suit and standing in the snow in Rossland, British Columbia.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1938

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch wearing a three-piece suit and standing in the snow in Rossland, British Columbia.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note in white ink on recto of photograph reads: "WHITE ROCK / B.C."; Handwritten note in ink on verso of photograph reads: "Rossland, / February, 1938"

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1938]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch wearing a pinstriped suit outdoors at an unidentified location.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1938]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch wearing a pinstriped suit outdoors at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 2, 1933

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch in a suit and tie. This photograph was taken at the Campbell Studio in Vancouver.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 2, 1933

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-027

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch in a suit and tie. This photograph was taken at the Campbell Studio in Vancouver.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Campbell Studios Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's mark embossed at border of photograph reads: "Campbell Studio / Vancouver B.C."; Handwritten note below embossed lettering reads: "Nov. 2nd 1933 / Ernest"

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Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch wearing a lapel pin which reads "L" and is believed to signify labour movement involvement.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-028

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch wearing a lapel pin which reads "L" and is believed to signify labour movement involvement.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Ernest Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernie Winch. He was a long-time CCF MP and MLA for Burnaby. He and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernie Winch. He was a long-time CCF MP and MLA for Burnaby. He and his son, Harold Winch, set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ernest Winch at a desk

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 14.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest Winch sitting at a student desk, and smiling as he looks at a scrapbook. G.J. Fredrickson, Fred Salisbury and a man whose name tag reads "Mr.J.G. [intelligible] are standing around his desk and smiling.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 14.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1027

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ernest Winch sitting at a student desk, and smiling as he looks at a scrapbook. G.J. Fredrickson, Fred Salisbury and a man whose name tag reads "Mr.J.G. [intelligible] are standing around his desk and smiling.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Frederickson, C. J.; Salisbury, Fred

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Ernest Winch at a desk, [195-] thumbnail

Ernest Winch with Two Others

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 12.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of three young men sitting and standing together at a photographic studio. Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch is sitting in a chair on the left. The other two men have not been identified, but all three men are wearing lapel pins which read "L" and are believed to signify labour movement…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 12.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of three young men sitting and standing together at a photographic studio. Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch is sitting in a chair on the left. The other two men have not been identified, but all three men are wearing lapel pins which read "L" and are believed to signify labour movement involvement.

Subjects: Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Ernest Winch with Two Others, [1917] thumbnail

Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20.5 [sight], mounted in card 59 cm x 27 cm, folding to 24 cm x 27 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Linda Marian Hendy Winch and her husband Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch (both sitting) at their fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. Standing behind them are their children (from left); Grace, Harold, Charles, Alan, Eric and Eileen.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20.5 [sight], mounted in card 59 cm x 27 cm, folding to 24 cm x 27 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-031

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of Linda Marian Hendy Winch and her husband Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch (both sitting) at their fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. Standing behind them are their children (from left); Grace, Harold, Charles, Alan, Eric and Eileen.

Subjects: Events - Anniversaries; Officials - Elected Officials

Names: Winch, Grace; Winch, Harold Edward; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Linda Marian Hendy; Winch, Alan; Winch, Eileen; Winch, Charles; Winch, Eric

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "The Stride Studios / New Westminster B.C."

Images

Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary, 1955 thumbnail

Interview with Jack McGeachie June 18, 1975 - Track 5

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1939

Length: 0:10:39

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's positive opinion towards the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (later the NDP) as well as his experience of the Relief Camp Workers' Union (RCWU) and their protest at Hudson's Bay Company Store in Vancouver.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's positive opinion towards the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (later the NDP) as well as his experience of the Relief Camp Workers' Union (RCWU) and their protest at Hudson's Bay Company Store in Vancouver.

Date Range: 1930-1939

Photo Info: McGeachie family; John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie is the eldest child, standing second from the right, 1925 (date of original). Item no. 204-464

Length: 0:10:39

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Harold

Subjects: Organizations; Protests and Demonstrations

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: June 18, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie. Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School. John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company. Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:51:13

Interviewee Name: McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"

Interview Location: Rosewood

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

McGeachie family; John Aloysius thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-10/100-13-10_Track_5.mp3

Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 8

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1990

Length: 00:06:53

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Burnaby going into receivership and as a stronghold for socialists. Bill Lewarne describes the contributions of Ernie and Harold Winch

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Burnaby going into receivership and as a stronghold for socialists. Bill Lewarne describes the contributions of Ernie and Harold Winch

Date Range: 1930-1990

Photo Info: Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012

Length: 00:06:53

Names: Pritchard, William A.; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Harold

Subjects: Government

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

Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with Bill Lewarne

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_8.mp3

New Vista Society housing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of New Vista Society duplex housing, 7201 Mary Avenue at Rosewood Street, East Burnaby. Ernie Winch (father) and Harold Winch (son) were instrumental in the founding of the New Vista Society.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1956 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-504

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of New Vista Society duplex housing, 7201 Mary Avenue at Rosewood Street, East Burnaby. Ernie Winch (father) and Harold Winch (son) were instrumental in the founding of the New Vista Society.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential

Names: New Vista Society; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Mary Avenue

Street Address: 7201 Mary Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

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New Vista Society housing, 1956 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Valleyview Community Centre May Queen

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 12.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May day celebrations. The May Queen and her suite are seated with three men and a woman standing behind them. Identified are (back row, l to r) MLA Ernie Winch, unknown, Burnaby Reeve Geroge Morrison and unknown woman. The Valleyview Community Centre …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.7 x 12.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 009-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May day celebrations. The May Queen and her suite are seated with three men and a woman standing behind them. Identified are (back row, l to r) MLA Ernie Winch, unknown, Burnaby Reeve Geroge Morrison and unknown woman. The Valleyview Community Centre was located at 4050 Grandview-Douglas Highway (later renumbered and renamed 4949 Canada Way).

Subjects: Events - May Day

Names: Valleyview Community Centre; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Morrison, George

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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