Photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Members of the Legislative Assembly at their seats inside of the British Columbia Parliament buildings in Victoria. Photograph is taken inside the legislature. Members are identified as; Frank Calder, Rupert Haggen, Leo Nimsick, Frank Mitchel…
Photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Members of the Legislative Assembly at their seats inside of the British Columbia Parliament buildings in Victoria. Photograph is taken inside the legislature. Members are identified as; Frank Calder, Rupert Haggen, Leo Nimsick, Frank Mitchell, Arthur Turner, Harold Winch, Ernest Winch, and Ran Harding.
Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph provide identification and read from left to right: "Frank Calder_Rupert Hagen_Leo Nimsick_Frank Mitchell / Arthur Turner_Harold Winch_Ernest Winch_Ran Harding / CCF MLA's / in their seats in the B.C. Legislature"
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Note on verso of photograph reads: "Our fighting '8' in the BC Legislature : / Were we downhearted? / Yes & No / HW"
Stamp in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "John S. Portley [sic]"
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…
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.
File consists of two booklets and a newsclipping. The first booklet entitled "Pertinent Portraits" by Barry Mather and Fraser Wilson was originally published in The Commonwealth newspaper in 1934 and re-published by the Boag Foundation in 1978. It contains biographies of CCF members and is signed b…
File consists of two booklets and a newsclipping. The first booklet entitled "Pertinent Portraits" by Barry Mather and Fraser Wilson was originally published in The Commonwealth newspaper in 1934 and re-published by the Boag Foundation in 1978. It contains biographies of CCF members and is signed by Harold Winch. Second booklet entitled "Canadian Labour and Politics" by Clifford A. Scotton provides a short history on the Canadian Labour movement with a chapter focusing on the CCF and the NDP. The newsclipping is from the Seattle Post Intelligencer, dated November 1, 1956. It features an article of President Eisenhower claiming the United States will not get involved in Middle East issues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.
Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.
Photograph of Alan Emmott, taken in a studio and used as an official council photograph. He was on the council from 1958-1968, 1971, 1974-1987, serving as Mayor from 1958-1968.
Photograph of Alan Emmott, taken in a studio and used as an official council photograph. He was on the council from 1958-1968, 1971, 1974-1987, serving as Mayor from 1958-1968.
Photograph of the eight members of Burnaby's 1954 Municipal Council. From left to right they are; Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Reeve Charles MacSorley (seated), Patricia Wilks, Sam Hughes, William Philps, and Gerald Charlton. This photograph was likely taken in Burnaby Municipal Hall.
Photograph of the eight members of Burnaby's 1954 Municipal Council. From left to right they are; Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Reeve Charles MacSorley (seated), Patricia Wilks, Sam Hughes, William Philps, and Gerald Charlton. This photograph was likely taken in Burnaby Municipal Hall.
Photograph of four men standing behind Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley who is seated and holding a piece of paper. Arnold Hean is standing second from the right but the others are unidentified.
Photograph of four men standing behind Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley who is seated and holding a piece of paper. Arnold Hean is standing second from the right but the others are unidentified.
Photograph of the new fleet of Burnaby's 1956 American LaFrance pumper fire trucks lined in a row in front of the Municipal Hall. The fifth truck has its ladder extended. Reeve Charles MacSorley, Fire Chief William Menzies, and Councillor Fred Philps are standing in front of the second truck. There…
Photograph of the new fleet of Burnaby's 1956 American LaFrance pumper fire trucks lined in a row in front of the Municipal Hall. The fifth truck has its ladder extended. Reeve Charles MacSorley, Fire Chief William Menzies, and Councillor Fred Philps are standing in front of the second truck. There is snow on the ground and the three men are wearing winter coats.
Photograph (mounted and titled) of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and 1959 to 1964.
Photograph (mounted and titled) of Charles W. MacSorley, Reeve of Burnaby 1954 to 1957. He also served as a member of Council from 1946 to 1954 and 1959 to 1964.
Photograph of the 1956 Burnaby Municipal Council in Council Chambers at Burnaby Municipal Hall. Identified in the photograph are (starting at centre, forefront and moving clockwise): Gerald Charlton, Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Ted Ward (Deputy Municipal Clerk), John Shaw (Municipal…
Photograph of the 1956 Burnaby Municipal Council in Council Chambers at Burnaby Municipal Hall. Identified in the photograph are (starting at centre, forefront and moving clockwise): Gerald Charlton, Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Ted Ward (Deputy Municipal Clerk), John Shaw (Municipal Clerk), Reeve Charles MacSorley (in the back), two unkown members of staff, Samuel Hughes, William Philps and Doug Drummond.
Photograph of opening day speeches outside of the Simpsons-Sears store with a crowd gathered. Four dignitaries are standing on a stage before the crowd, including Burnaby Reeve, Charles MacSorley (at the microphone) and Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell, standing to his right.
Photograph of opening day speeches outside of the Simpsons-Sears store with a crowd gathered. Four dignitaries are standing on a stage before the crowd, including Burnaby Reeve, Charles MacSorley (at the microphone) and Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell, standing to his right.