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Bob Williams and Harold Winch with children at a playground
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3724
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.6 x 12.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man identified as "Bob Williams" (Robert Arthur "Bob" Williams, New Democratic Party MLA) on a playground with children. The photograph may have been taken during Winch's re-election campaign as MP in Vancouver East in 1968. Chlildren are visible balancing…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.6 x 12.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man identified as "Bob Williams" (Robert Arthur "Bob" Williams, New Democratic Party MLA) on a playground with children. The photograph may have been taken during Winch's re-election campaign as MP in Vancouver East in 1968. Chlildren are visible balancing on top of climbing devices in a playground.
- Subjects
- Elections
- Government - Federal Government
- Recreational Activities
- Recreational Devices - Playgrounds
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.81
- Date
- [1968?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Briefing room on aircraft carrier "Bonny"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3734
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of men seated in rows. Harold Winch can be seen in the last row. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s. This may be the same aircraft carrier pictured in photograph BV013.12.84.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of men seated in rows. Harold Winch can be seen in the last row. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s. This may be the same aircraft carrier pictured in photograph BV013.12.84.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.91
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Campaigning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3722
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Subjects
- Industries - Shipping
- Government - Federal Government
- Elections
- Industries
- Structures - Piers and Wharfs
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.79
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3702
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing on a dock in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Elections
- Industries - Shipping
- Structures - Piers and Wharfs
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.59
- Date
- 1968
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Canadian House of Commons Defence Committee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3713
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a meeting of a House of Commons Defence Committee. Harold Winch, identified in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a meeting of a House of Commons Defence Committee. Harold Winch, identified in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.70
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Defence Committee at Norfolk, Virginia - USA
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3728
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of a federal defence committee with uniformed officers. Harold Winch, pictured in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of a federal defence committee with uniformed officers. Harold Winch, pictured in the photograph, sat on three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
- Public Services - Military Services
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.85
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Electrician on aircraft carrier
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3727
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with two men on board an aircraft carrier. One man's nametag says "W Dupre." This may be the aircraft carrier "Bonny" identified in photograph BV013.12.91. This photograph may be related to Harold Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with two men on board an aircraft carrier. One man's nametag says "W Dupre." This may be the aircraft carrier "Bonny" identified in photograph BV013.12.91. This photograph may be related to Harold Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Military Services
- Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
- Transportation - Air
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.84
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Family and political photograph album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3654
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1914-1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 85 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 85 photographs, including both personal and work-related subjects such as the Winch family and homes, and Winch's political work and travels. Also included are some textual records relating to Winch's political work.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 85 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 85 photographs, including both personal and work-related subjects such as the Winch family and homes, and Winch's political work and travels. Also included are some textual records relating to Winch's political work.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Winch, Linda Marian Hendy
- Winch, Grace
- Winch, Eileen
- Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
- Winch, Eric
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"
- New Democratic Party
- Douglas, Tommy
- MacInnis, Grace
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.11
- Date
- 1914-1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- A selection of photographs from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV013.12.36 to BV015.35.117)
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Documents
Guests [anniversary and birthday guest book]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1958, 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscrib…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscribed "October 24 1958 - Congratulations Harold - and here's to a long association in Vancouver East. Sincerely -." Signatories include numerous Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation members and MLAs. The second section is inscribed "Celebrating June 18, 1987 - 80th Birthday, Harold Winch / at the Home of Don & Helen Winch." Signatories include family members and friends.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.17
- Date
- 1958, 1987
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See photograph BV013.12.76.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
[Harold Winch and other Members of Parliament at an exhibit]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3693
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch, Senator Allister Grosart, Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (a member of Indian Parliament), and an unidentified man at a science exhibit.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch, Senator Allister Grosart, Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (a member of Indian Parliament), and an unidentified man at a science exhibit.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.50
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3700
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.57
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3701
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a man and woman identified as Mr. and Mrs. Martinelli in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group are standing on the side walk in front of the Olympia Theatre (later known as the Roxy Th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a man and woman identified as Mr. and Mrs. Martinelli in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group are standing on the side walk in front of the Olympia Theatre (later known as the Roxy Theatre) located at Nanaimo and Hastings Street in Vancouver.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.58
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3703
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.60
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3753
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The men appear to be standing on an industrial site.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The men appear to be standing on an industrial site.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.112
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3754
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appear to be standing on dock surrounding by pallets of lumber.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appear to be standing on dock surrounding by pallets of lumber.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Elections
- Industries
- Industries - Shipping
- Structures - Piers and Wharfs
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.113
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3755
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appears to be standing on an idustrial site that processes plywood and lumber.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appears to be standing on an idustrial site that processes plywood and lumber.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.114
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3756
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a couple of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a couple of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Elections
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.115
- Date
- [1968]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Harold Winch on board a Canadian Navy craft
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3740
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.4 x 16.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man in military uniform, on board what may be a Canadian Navy craft. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.4 x 16.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch and a man in military uniform, on board what may be a Canadian Navy craft. This photograph may be related to Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Military Services
- Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
- Transportation - Ships
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.97
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
Hastings St. Committee Room
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3710
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch's campaign office in Vancouver East, with three men standing in front. The men are identified as the "Martinelli boys" and Harold Winch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Harold Winch's campaign office in Vancouver East, with three men standing in front. The men are identified as the "Martinelli boys" and Harold Winch.
- Subjects
- Elections
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.67
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory448
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 eight of interview with Bill Lewarne
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