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Vancouver County Court record books for civil cases

  • GR-3153
  • Series
  • 1940-1949

The series consists of five record books (indexed by plaintiff) for civil cases heard before Vancouver County Court Judges Harper, Ellis, Lennox, McIntosh, Shandley, Whiteside, Archibald, Boyd, Wilson, Sargent, Hanna, Sullivan, Colquhoun and McGeer. These books are similar to minute books.

British Columbia. County Court (Vancouver)

Court commissions to adminster oaths

  • GR-0083
  • Series
  • 1943-1964

The series consists of Commissions appointing Superior Court judges as Commissioners per Dedimus potestatem, i.e. authorized to administer Oaths of Allegiance and other oaths. In 1943 commissions were granted to the Hon. Gordon McGregor Sloan, the Hon. Cornelius H. O'Halloran, the Hon. Sidney Alexander Smith, the Hon. James Moses Coady and the Hon. Henry Irvine Bird for British Columbia. In 1947 commissions were granted to the Hon. Arthur Douglas Macfarlane, the Hon. John Owen Wilson and the Hon. Andrew Miller Harper for British Columbia. In 1954 commissions were granted to the Hon. Norman William Whittaker, the Hon. Herbert Spencer Wood, the Hon. John Valentine Clyne, and the Hon. Herbert William Davey for British Columbia. In 1964 commissions were granted to the Hon. Sherwood Lett, the Hon. Arthur Edward Lord and the Hon. Norman William Whittaker for the Yukon Territory. The collection includes some administrative correspondence regarding the documents.

Canada. Department of Justice

Inquiry Into the Administration of Mount View High School

  • GR-0914
  • Series
  • 1943-1944

This series consists of the records of the Inquiry Into the Administration of Mount View High School, 1943-1944.

This Inquiry was established by OIC1096 8 July 1943; John Owen Wilson was appointed as sole Commissioner to inquire into the administration of Mount View High School (Saanich), particularly the methods of discipline and alleged excessive corporal punishment. The collection contains correspondence, administrative records, proceedings, exhibits and the inquiry report.

The Inquiry into the Administration of Mount View High School was established under Section 5 of the Public Inquiries Act by Order in Council 1096, dated 8 July 1943 with John Owen Wilson appointed as sole Commissioner. The Commissioner was to inquire into the administration of Mount View High School, Saanich, and in particular into the methods of discipline and alleged excessive corporal punishment administered by the Principal or by any other teacher. The Report of the Inquiry was submitted on 4 September 1943 and tabled with the Legislature on 3 February 1944.

British Columbia. Inquiry Into the Administration of Mount View High School