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Mayor and Council
CA EDM RG-13-1 · Reeks · 1958-1989
Part of City of Edmonton. Law Department fonds

This series consists of documentation investigating Edmonton's Mayor and Councilors regarding compliance with the Municipalities Act. These investigations include the Porter Royal Commission into civic mismanagement especially in regards to property speculation and profiteering by William Hawrelak, the Morrow Inquiry into bribing councilors including Aldermen Fallow and McLean, the disqualification of Mayor Hawrelak for violating the City Act in 1965, and the Nuclear Disarmament Referendum quashed by Mayor Purves. This series also includes the report of the form of City Government which proposed switching Edmonton to its current ward based system.

Bylaws
CA EDM RG-13-2 · Reeks · 1911-1996
Part of City of Edmonton. Law Department fonds

This series consists of records documenting Law's involvement with Edmonton's bylaw process. It includes documents regarding Law's involvement in challenges of bylaws of historic significance, including the Lord's Day Act Bylaw allowing businesses to operate on Sundays, Carruthers Caveat restricting development in Glenora, dumping sewage into the North Saskatchewan river, the taxi bylaw and the change to taxis being solely functional via a dispatcher office, and the business license bylaw and how it applies to various types of massage clinics. The remainder of the series involves bylaws regarding the closure of roadways and alleyways for construction projects and parks including Keillor Road, and the funding of construction projects.

William Hawrelak
CA EDM RG-6-3 · Reeks · 1951 - 1975
Part of City of Edmonton. Office of the Mayor fonds

The series consists of correspondence, invitations, meeting minutes, reports, daily journals, and speeches from William Hawrelak's different terms of office.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes three subseries, which are as follows:

  • Subseries 1: 1951-1959
  • Subseries 2: 1963-1965
  • Subseries 3: 1974-1975
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CA EDM MS-713 · Archief · 1935 - 1936

The fonds consists of fifteen speeches made by George Van Allen during his political career on topics including agriculture, the oil industry, social services, provincial debt, the Depression, a reply to the Speech from the Throne, the Social Credit Party, the provincial budget, and the Prosperity Certificates Act of 1936. Also included are laser copies of photographs of George Van Allen as well as a black and white copy of a photograph Van Allen at his desk.

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Karen Rowswell collection
CA EDM MS-1210 · Collectie · 1964 - 1994

This collection consists of material collected by Karen Rowswell through her involvement in social movement organizations. The collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, journal publications, photographs, posters, booklets, resource guides, and pamphlets relating to feminism, the anti-war movement, and political ideologies. The material is largely from the 1960s and 1970s, with some records dating between 1980-1994.

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Iain C. Taylor fonds
CA EDM MS-127 · Archief · 1963 - 1982

The fonds consists of papers relating to Iain C. Taylor's participation in Action Edmonton, an inner city social action group (1974-1975), and the Urban Reform Group Edmonton, a civic political party (1975-1982). It also contains reports and studies on urban and rural planning issues.

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James East fonds
CA EDM MS-202 · Archief · 1920 - 1938

The fonds consists of correspondence, political literature and papers relating to his service on the City of Edmonton Council and organizations of which he was a member. There is also some poetry written by James East mostly on political themes. Excerpts of File 2 and File 6 have been digitized. To view the original documents in the full context of their associated files, please contact the reference archivist.

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Olive P. Hoyle fonds
CA EDM MS-418 · Archief · 1965 - 1984

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, news clippings, notes and publications relating to the Citizens' Save Our Parks Association, 1965-ca. 1977; the Plebiscite Committee, 1965-1966; the Urban Reform Group Edmonton (URGE), 1973-1982; the Oliver Community Group, 1975; and her opposition to construction of a roadway in MacKinnon Ravine, 1965-1984.

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Laurence Decore
CA EDM RG-6-9 · Reeks · 1983 - 1988
Part of City of Edmonton. Office of the Mayor fonds

The series consists of reports collected by the Mayor's Office during the tenure of Mayor Laurence Decore, as well as 4 photographs of Mayor Laurence Decore's visit to Harbin, China in 1985.

The photos include:

  • EA-353-13 -Mayor Laurence Decore's Visit to Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985);
  • EA-353-14 -Edmonton Boulevard in Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985);
  • EA-353-15 -Edmonton Boulevard in Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985);
  • EA-353-16 -Mayor Laurence Decore Signing Twin Cities Agreement with Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985)
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