Item consists of one candacy card which reads: "Hugh H. Stewart / Candidate / for COUNCILLOR / WARD FIVE / 34 years Resident Taxpayer of WARD FIVE / President of North Burnaby Board of Trade, / Member and Trustee Burnaby Hospital Fund Committee".
Item consists of one candacy card which reads: "Hugh H. Stewart / Candidate / for COUNCILLOR / WARD FIVE / 34 years Resident Taxpayer of WARD FIVE / President of North Burnaby Board of Trade, / Member and Trustee Burnaby Hospital Fund Committee".
Series consists of municipal elections records, including records pertaining to the election of Reeves/Mayors and Council members and, early on, of school trustees and police commissioners. Series also includes early records related to bylaw elections, in which bylaws were put before the public fo…
Series consists of municipal elections records, including records pertaining to the election of Reeves/Mayors and Council members and, early on, of school trustees and police commissioners. Series also includes early records related to bylaw elections, in which bylaws were put before the public for approval. Also included are voters’ lists, 1912 to 1954, and election posters for the period 1906 to 1926.
Resolution of the Union of BC Municipalities Proposing and Amendment to the Elections Act to Provide for the Right of Persons of British Indian Origin to Vote
Along with logging and sawmills, Burnaby became known as a prime agricultural area and the Burnaby Lake Neighbourhood saw the development of many vegetable and fruit farms. Growers in the Burnaby and Deer Lake districts took their produce to the tram line on Edmonds Street and shipped it to markets in New Westminster and Vancouver on a specially designed interurban freight car that was open-sided for easy loading. The car's canvas curtains which sometimes came loose and flapped like wings in the wind led people to dub it "the flying dutchman." Most Burnaby fruit and vegetable growers depended on seasonal Chinese work forces and other local Chinese farm residents to oversee operations; these workers being recruited from New Westminsters' Asian community. Besides being good farmers, Burnaby Lake's early residents fostered a strong sense of community. Both L. Claude Hill and his brother Bernard were elected to Burnaby Municipal council and Bernard was the one who knocked on doors to find enough children to meet the qualifications for establishing a school in the district.