The Vancouver Branch of BCRTA was set up and granted a charter in July 1986. Our branch is 31 years old as of July 1, 2017. The list of Presidents is given below, starting from the first President. Mr. Art Rempel, who recently died in September, 2020 at the magnificent age of 101 years.
Presidents of the Vancouver Branch of the BCRTA
-as compiled by Denis Ottewell
The Vancouver Branch was granted its Charter in July 1986 but no record was kept of the names of the Presidents until minutes and newsletters were eventually produced. Denis Ottewell, secretary of VRTA association for many years, starting in 1998 (TBC), then did further research to produce this list.
|
Number |
Years served |
Name |
|
1 |
1986-88 |
Art Rempel |
|
2 |
1988-90 |
Lou Grant |
|
3 |
1990-92 |
Art Rempel |
| 4 | 1992-94 | Art Vallis |
|
5 |
1994-98 |
Ollie Whitcutt |
|
6 |
1998-2000 |
Doreen Young |
|
7 |
2000-2002 |
Tom Brunker |
|
8 |
2002-2006 |
Sheila Pither |
|
9 |
2006-2008 |
Al Paterson |
|
10 |
2008-2010 |
Patricia Wright |
|
11 |
2010-2011 |
Merle Bennett |
|
12 |
2011-2013 |
Carol Perdue |
|
13 |
2013-2015 |
Barb Mikulec |
|
14 |
2015-2017 |
Norma Westrom |
|
15 |
2017-2019 |
Winola Chu |
| 16 | 2019-2021 |
Anastasia Mirras |