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I CORPORATE SPONSORS The West Vancouver to thank the following corporations for their financial support. General Meeting Wednesday November 19th West Van Seniors' Centre 7pm Historical Society would like ^ British Pacific Properties Chapman Land Surveying Ltd. Dr.Bryan Hicks Inc. · Hollyburn Funeral Home · Vancouver Historical Society · Laura Millar Edit, and Arch. Services · Royal Canadian Legion Branch #60 Capilano Golf and Country Club · Wetmore Motors Ltd. · Simpson Home Hardware · Barry's Automotive Service School District #45 (West Vancouver) Silicon-by-the-Sea Ltd. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the District of West Vancouver through their Community Grants Program. If you or your company would like to be a financial supporter of the West Vancouver Historical Society, please contact us. Tax receipts will be givenfor amounts over $35. Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver Author and historian, Daniel Francis will discuss the subject of his biography. Mayor Louis D. Taylor. LD , as he was known, was a popular and controversial figure and the longest serving mayor in l,,/n" LiU'i- I fit Vancouver. First elected in 1910 he was mayor several times until defeated by his bitter rival Gerry McGeer in 1934. It is also the story of Vancouver in the early decades of the twentieth century, a young city experiencing a turbulent adolescence. David Francis David Francis is an author of approximately two dozen books, most of them about Canadian, British Columbian and Vancouver history. In 2010 he was shortlisted for the Pierre Berton Award and received an Award of Merit from the Vancouver Historical Society "for significant contributions to Vancouver and British Columbia".