Photograph of Bette Zarazun, taken in a photographic studio. She was on the Burnaby Public Library Board from 1977 to 1981, as well as a Burnaby Voters' Association candidate for the School Board in 1973.
Photograph of Bette Zarazun, taken in a photographic studio. She was on the Burnaby Public Library Board from 1977 to 1981, as well as a Burnaby Voters' Association candidate for the School Board in 1973.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, Barry Jones, June Williams, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting and standing around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby school trustees; Elise Dean, June Williams, Barry Jones, Betty Clark and Gary Begin sitting around a table, looking at documents and smiling. The women are wearing corsages and the men are wearing boutonnieres.
Photograph of Burnaby Voters' Association winning candidates Merrill Gordon, George McLean and James Mercier, becoming new Aldermen, and Clifford Murnane, a school board newcomer, sweeping the ground with a broom as a celebration of their "clean sweep" of a victory.
Photograph of Burnaby Voters' Association winning candidates Merrill Gordon, George McLean and James Mercier, becoming new Aldermen, and Clifford Murnane, a school board newcomer, sweeping the ground with a broom as a celebration of their "clean sweep" of a victory.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "For Burnaby Voters' Association candidates this is just how it turned out Saturday - a clean sweep. The BVA took the four two-year spots and one one-year vacancy on council, thwarting the Burnaby Citizen's Associationn bid. Pictured are, from left, Merrill Gordon, George McLean and James Mercier, new aldermanic faces, and Clifford Murnane, a school board newcomer."
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Photograph of Cliff (C.J.) Murnane, taken in a photographic studio. Cliff Murnane was on the Advisory Planning Commission from 1969 to1972, and on the Burnaby School Board from 1965 to 1968, 1973 to 1976 and 1980 to 1983.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Newly-elected chairman Gary Begin (far left) presides over Burnaby school board's inaugural meeting held Tuesday. Board members now include (from left) Cliff Murnane, Bill Daly, Betty Clark (re-elected) and Ann Blakey."
This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking briefly about serving as a trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education from 1975 to 1985 and as NDP MLA from 1986 to 1996, before describing his limited role in the dispute between the City of Burnaby and SFU over control and ownership of la…
This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking briefly about serving as a trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education from 1975 to 1985 and as NDP MLA from 1986 to 1996, before describing his limited role in the dispute between the City of Burnaby and SFU over control and ownership of land on Burnaby Mountain. He talks about how the dispute was resolved and some of the terms in the agreement.
Recording is of an interview with Barry Jones conducted by Kathy Bossort. Barry Jones was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Barry Jones talking about his home and the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain, and about the negotiations that resulted in the agreement between Simon Fraser University and the City of Burnaby in 1995. He talks about the building of Burnaby Mountain Parkway and its link to the 1995 agreement, and about his experiences with Trans Mountain tank farm and pipeline. He also talks about his education and career as teacher, school board trustee and politician.
Biographical Notes
Barry Jones was born 1940 in Princeton, BC. His father moved the family to a home on Georgia Street in North Burnaby in 1944 where Barry grew up. He attended UBC majoring in mathematics and chemistry, and unable to find work in his field, taught two years in northern BC. He liked teaching and returned to school, enrolling in education at the newly opened Simon Fraser University in 1965. He taught one year at Moscrop Secondary School in Burnaby and finished his 25 year teaching career in Coquitlam. Barry served ten years as a Burnaby School board trustee, and then ten years as North Burnaby MLA (NDP) beginning in 1986, serving five years in Official Opposition and five years in government under then-premier Mike Harcourt. During his time in government, Barry Jones successfully lobbied for freedom of information legislation. He also played a role in resolving the dispute between SFU and Burnaby over control and ownership of land on Burnaby Mountain and in creating the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area in 1995. He continues to live on Burnaby Mountain in a home he bought in 1971.
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.