Photograph of Dr. Kenneth Strand, president of Simon Fraser University, speaking into a microphone at the opening of the new Burquitlam elementary school in Coquitlam. Visible sitting in chairs behind him are; school principal C.J. Webb, chairman of Coquitlam school board W.M. Johnstone, Rev. H.J.H…
Photograph of Dr. Kenneth Strand, president of Simon Fraser University, speaking into a microphone at the opening of the new Burquitlam elementary school in Coquitlam. Visible sitting in chairs behind him are; school principal C.J. Webb, chairman of Coquitlam school board W.M. Johnstone, Rev. H.J.H. Oldfield, and architect R.B. Howard.
Photograph of Dr. Herbert Grubel, Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University from 1972 to 1999 (Emeritus after 1999). He was also the Reform Party Member of Parliament in Ottawa for Capilano-Howe Sound from 1993 to 1997, serving as the Finance Critic from 1995 to 1997.
Photograph of Dr. Herbert Grubel, Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University from 1972 to 1999 (Emeritus after 1999). He was also the Reform Party Member of Parliament in Ottawa for Capilano-Howe Sound from 1993 to 1997, serving as the Finance Critic from 1995 to 1997.
Photograph of Dr. Herbert Grubel, Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University from 1972 to 1999 (Emeritus after 1999). He was also the Reform Party Member of Parliament in Ottawa for Capilano-Howe Sound from 1993 to 1997, serving as the Finance Critic from 1995 to 1997.
Photograph of Dr. Herbert Grubel, Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University from 1972 to 1999 (Emeritus after 1999). He was also the Reform Party Member of Parliament in Ottawa for Capilano-Howe Sound from 1993 to 1997, serving as the Finance Critic from 1995 to 1997.
Photograph of New Democratic Party Member of Parliment (MP) Ed Nelson. N.E. (Ed) Nelson is being kissed on the cheek by a young girl, who is congradulating him for winning the Burnaby-Seymour riding in the federal election.
Photograph of New Democratic Party Member of Parliment (MP) Ed Nelson. N.E. (Ed) Nelson is being kissed on the cheek by a young girl, who is congradulating him for winning the Burnaby-Seymour riding in the federal election.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "To the victor - the spoils! Burnaby-Seymour's giant-toppler, Ed Nelson, tastes the fruits of victory after his win over Liberal favorite Ray Perrault. While his expression suggests Trudeau-style electioneering might have its points, party workers claim good old-fashioned door-knocking took the riding from the Grits."
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edm…
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edm…
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edm…
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edm…
Photograph of John Chalk and his four year old son Timothy in a row boat, floating a large "Elect John Chalk" election sign out into the middle of Burnaby Lake. John Chalk was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
Photograph of John Chalk, taken in a photographic studio. He was a teacher and was on the Burnaby school board from 1969 until 1972, when became the Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds.
File contains photographs of BC Education Minister Tom Christenson and MLA Harry Bloy with young students at Stoney Creek Community School during a tour of Burnaby schools.
File contains photographs of BC Education Minister Tom Christenson and MLA Harry Bloy with young students at Stoney Creek Community School during a tour of Burnaby schools.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1854-1: "BC Education Minister Tom Christenson drops in on the roots of empathy program at Stoney Creek Community School during a tour of Burnaby schools on Wednesday."
Caption from metadata for 535-1854-2: "MLA Harry Bloy hands out reading packages to kindergarten students at Stoney Creek Community School, during a tour of Burnaby schools with education minister Tom Christenson on Wednesday."
Photograph of members of the Board of Trustees for the Burnaby General Hospital seated and standing around a boardroom table. Seated are; Trustee H.W. Balfour, Auxiliary Representative Jane Bartle, Vice-Chairman N. Kravac, Chairman David M. Herd, Municipal Treasurer S.B. McCafferty, Government Repr…
Photograph of members of the Board of Trustees for the Burnaby General Hospital seated and standing around a boardroom table. Seated are; Trustee H.W. Balfour, Auxiliary Representative Jane Bartle, Vice-Chairman N. Kravac, Chairman David M. Herd, Municipal Treasurer S.B. McCafferty, Government Representative Verna Williams, and Trustee and Executive Member C.H. Bergen. Standing are; Medical Representative Dr. J. Rauh, President of Burnaby General Hospital Norm K. Barth, Trustee E.S. Gardiner, Vice-President of Burnaby General Hospital M. Anne Toupin, and Trustee M. Caravetta.
Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke sitting in a combination bath-wheelchair with supervisor Vera Curtis in a nurse's uniform, and director of nursing W.M. Reid standing in front in a black suit during the opening of the then new extended health care wing. Cocke was a provincial minister of …
Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke sitting in a combination bath-wheelchair with supervisor Vera Curtis in a nurse's uniform, and director of nursing W.M. Reid standing in front in a black suit during the opening of the then new extended health care wing. Cocke was a provincial minister of health in Dave Barrett's New Democratic Party government, which ran the province from 1972 to 1975, and was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing New Westminster from 1969 to 1986.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Health Minister Dennis Cocke took a load off his feet for a moment Sunday. At Burnaby General Hospital to open the new extended care wing, he tried out a combination bath-wheelchair. Supervisor Mrs. Vera Curtis, centre, and director of nursing Mrs. W.M. Reid look on."
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.