CS-Records ID: 693796
The Governmental Review Commission was appointed by City Council on 23 Apr. 1979 to:
- consider the merits of the "at-large" electoral system as well as some form of a ward system for Vancouver, and the implications that may be involved, including consideration of the plebiscite results in 1973 and 1978;
- if a ward system was recommended, to consider the elements of a ward system (number of wards, ward boundaries, etc.); and
- to make recommendations on the foregoing, as well as on the size of Council, the length of the term of office of Council members and frequency of elections, as well as qualifications for candidacy, and role and powers of the Mayor and Council.
The Commission was formed as a result of the 15 Nov. 1978 election when 51.7 percent of voters voted for the ward system. The members of the Commission were: Judge L. S. Eckardt (chairman), Dr. Robert M. Clark (Vice Chairman), Dr. Roy D. Bell, Mr. Alan F. Campney, and Dr. Edward McWhinney (QC).
The Commission held public meetings throughout Vancouver to receive the opinion of the citizens of Vancouver on the subject of electoral systems, governmental reform, and the general shape of City government into the 1980s and beyond.
The Commission issued its final report in Nov. 1979 (15-G-6 file 8) which put foward 26 recommendations (pages 40-42), including that a ward system be implemented for election to Council, the Park Board, and the School Board.
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Formerly titled as 'Transcripts of proceedings'
Title based on contents.
Series consists of original typed transcripts of Hearings no. 1-12 and 17-18 (which include handwritten corrections), relating to the expertise and opinions of a full range of community and individual represention on the question of electoral reform and consideration of the ward system. Arranged in hearing number order, i.e. chronologically by date of hearing.
Official custodian was the Office of the City Clerk
For other records of the Governmental Review Commission see series 527, 528 and 529.
File list available.
CS-Records ID: 693797
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File contains transcript which includes testimony from Michael Francis, William Buholzer, Brian Calder, and Bruce Yorke.
CS-Records ID: 693798
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File contains transcript which includes testimony from Arthur Phillips, Wes Knapp, Alan E. Jessup, Bruce Eriksen, Jonathan Baker, Robert Collier, and Paul Tennant.
CS-Records ID: 693799
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File contains transcript which includes testimony from Ron Fenwick and Ian Sisett.
CS-Records ID: 693800
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File contains transcript which includes testimony from Mona Morgan.
CS-Records ID: 693801
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File contains transcript which includes testimony from Eve Atkinson, Art Griffin, and Tom Shandel.
CS-Records ID: 693802
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File contains transcript which includes testimony from Carole Walker.
CS-Records ID: 693803
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of D. Bell-Irving.
CS-Records ID: 693804
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of Kenneth Cameron, Patrick F. Graham, and Harold C. Daykin.
CS-Records ID: 693805
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of Alan Reynolds, G. H. Durrant, and Ray Tingley.
CS-Records ID: 693806
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of William C. Gibson, Charles Wheeler, Peter Hebb, Philip Boname, May Brown, and T. DuMoulin.
CS-Records ID: 693807
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of Gordon Campbell, Jack Volrich, Michael Harcourt, Marguerite Ford, Darlene Marzari, Harry Rankin, Bernice Gerard, Doug Little, and Warnett Kennedy.
CS-Records ID: 693808
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of John Stearman, Margaret Mitchell, and Ian Waddell.
CS-Records ID: 693809
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of William N. Cassella Jr.
CS-Records ID: 693810
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File contains transcript which includes the testimony of T. J. Plunkett.