Past Provincial Madam Presidents

British Columbia Provincial Auxiliary Conventions of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
(1949-50 to present)
The Auxiliaries in British Columbia began with New Westminster Auxiliary #20 on May 5, 1927. Thirteen more Auxiliaries were added before the Provincial Auxiliary was chartered in 1950: Nanaimo #15 (May 10, 1927), Vancouver #2075 (May 19, 1927), Michel #1864 (February 25, 1929), Victoria #12 (April 22, 1942), Port Alberni #2096 (June 18, 1942), Rossland #10 (July 29, 1946), Nelson #22 (June 8, 1947), Northwest #2638 (January 28, 1949), Ladysmith #2101 (August 25, 1949), Duncan #2546 (September 7, 1949), Vernon #3008 (October 4, 1949), Trail #2838 (October 19, 1949), and Maple Ridge 2831 (December 11, 1949).

YearLocationProv. Aux. PresidentImageHonorary
1949-1950Victoria 12

Barbara Baldwin, #2075

Edith Winifred Smith, #22 (JPPMP)
(1882-1978)

 June 18, 1950 —
First Executive Session of the Provincial Auxiliary.11/29/1950 —
Kimberley #3037 instituted.12/20/1950 —
Kelowna #3076 instituted.
1950-1951New Westminster 20Winnifred Elena “Winnie” Hunter, #15
(1916-1981)
 5/20/1951 —
Princeton (Similkameen) #3088 instituted.First Convention of the Provincial Auxiliary7/30/1951 —
Vernon #3008 (r)9/9/1951 —
West Vancouver #3090instituted.3/31/1951 —
Kootenai #3027 instituted.
1951-1952Nanaimo 15

Ruth Radford, #2101
(1898-1982)

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2007

 12/10/1951 —
Campbell River #3097instituted.2/1/1952 –
Cranbrook #3002 instituted.5/18/1952 —
White Rock #3103 instituted.
1952-1953Vancouver 2075

Berta Morgan, #20 (dropped)

 11/23/1952 — 
Castlegar (Columbia Valley) #3107
 instituted.
1953-1954Nelson 22Lynda Wright, #12
(1904-1988)
  
1954-1955Victoria 12Julie Kelly Baldwin, #2075  
1955-1956New Westminster 20Nellie Anne Cooper, #15
(1901-1970)
 9/19/1956 —
W. Vancouver #3090 (s)
1956-1957North-West 2638Myrtle Bunn, #2838
(1919-1996)
Init. 1948
 1/9/1957 —
– Princeton (Similkameen) #3088 (s)
1957-1958Courtenay 3099

Mildred Bowcock, #10

(dropped)

  

1958-1959
Cranbrook 3032

Nora Reason, #2831

Init. 1949

  


1959-1960

10th Prov. Conv.

Victoria 12Marion Cutting, #20  
1960-1961Vancouver 2075

Mae Knight, #2101
(1925-2012)
Init. 1949

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2006

  
1961-1962Nelson 22Dorothy “Jean” Mitchell, #1864
(1914-1978)
 

Castlegar (Columbia Valley) #3107 (s)

9/9/1961 —
Burnaby #3170 instituted.

1962-1963Nanaimo 15Molly Brown, #12
(xxxx-1992)(dropped)
  
1963-1964New Westminster 20Peggy Farren, #2075
(xxxx-1995)
  
1964-1965Victoria 12Florence Irene Buchanan, #15
(1906-1982)
  
1965-1966Nelson 22Helen Wilson, 
#
3099
(1914-2002)
  
1966-1967North-West 2638Mary McKinnon,
#2638
(1909-1983)
 1/29/1967 —
Abbotsford #2726 instituted.
1967-1968Maple Ridge 2831Pauline Johnson, #3027
(1915-1982)
 3/16/1968 —
Prince George #3318instituted.
1968-1969Nanaimo 15Mabel Cross, #2546
(xxxx-1998)
  


1969-1970

20th Prov. Conv.

Summerland-Penticton 3083

Helen Chisholm, #10
Init. 1951

  
1970-1971Vancouver 2075Edith Flora Kroeker, #20
(1902-1974)
  
1971-1972New Westminster 20

Bess Lenarduzzi,#2838
(1926-2006)
Init. 1957

PNWRMP
1973-1974

PGMP
1983-1984

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2006

 

Grand Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
1992

  
1972-1973Duncan 2546June Newell, #22
(1922-2010)
Init. 1956
 11/20/1972 —
Kamloops #3453 instituted.

1973-1974
Cranbrook 3032Shirley Louise Sweet, #3032
(1933-2007)
Init. 1952
  


1974-1975

25th Prov. Conv.

Prince George 3318

Adele Moyer, #2831
(1927-2003)
Init. 1959

PNWRMP
1976-1977

  
1975-1976Campbell River 3097Lorraine (Fontana) Burrows, #1864
(xxxx-2002)
Init. 1953
 9/20/1975 –
Hope #2690 instituted.5/8/1976 —
Vernon #3557 instituted.
1976-1977Trail 2838

Clara Hunter, #2101
(1921-2012)
Init. 1959

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2008

  

1977-1978

 

North-West 2638

Dorothy Estella “Dot” Murray, #2075
(1912-1978)

Ethel Kothlow, #2638

 On April 14, 1978, Prov. Madam President Dot Murray passed away in office, and Prov. Madam Vice-President Ethel Kothlow became Prov. Madam President for the balance of the term.

1978-1979
Summerland-Penticton 3083

Ethel Kothlow,
#2638
Init. 1956

PNWRMP
1991-1992

 3/18/1979 —
Radium (Columbia Valley) #3852 instituted.


1979-1980

30th Prov. Conv.

Duncan 2546Marjorie “Marge” Pauline Radford, (1923-2017)
VCY [#3103]
 O. Boutry, #2638
(1918-2004)

TYPMS
(1967 -1980)PNWRMP
1979-1980Init. 1949
——————————-
4/26/1980 —
Parksville #3922 instituted.
1980-1981New Westminster 20

Mavis Stokes, #3083 (1922-2009)
Init. 1951

  

1981-1982

 

Prince George 3318Belle MacDonald, #2546
(xxxx-1993)
 8/20/1982 —
Radium (Columbia Valley) #3852 (r)

1982-1983

 

Cranbrook 3032Elva Truman, #3318
(1924-2003)
Init. 1969
  

1983-1984

 

Vancouver 2075

Eleanor “Jean” Strachan, #20
(1925-2017)
Init. 1950

PNWRMP
1985-1986

  

1984-1985
North-West 2638

Fern Jardine, #3453
Init. 1972

 2/23/1985 —
Langley #4106 instituted.

1985-1986

 

Campbell River 3097

Susan Nastasi, #3097
(1926-2013)
Init. 1975

PNWRMP
1987-1988

 12/8/1985 — 
White Rock #3103 (r)

1986-1987

 

Nelson 22

Helen Little, #2838
Init. 1974

PPNWRMP
1995-96

 TYPMT Cora Cleaver, #12

1987-1988

 

Trail 2838

Sevena Webster, #3032
Init. 1965

(lapsed)

 
Kelowna #3076
consolidates w/ #3766

1988-1989
New Westminster 20

Bridie Howarth, #2726
(1930-2012)
Init. 1967

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2012

  


1989-1990

40th Prov. Conv.

 

 
Vernon 3557Beth Irvine, #2075
(1919-2015)
Init. 1955
 Judy Munro, #2638
(1939-2007)Init. 1962PNWRMP
1982-1983TYPMS (1980-1990)Parksville #3922 (s)

 

5/25/1991 —
Penticton #4281instituted.

1990-1991

 

Duncan 2546Lorraine Morison, #12
(1946-2011)
Init. 1972
  

1991-1992

 

Nelson 22

Phyllis Nance, #22
(1943-2013)
Init. 1977

GMIG 1996-97
GMCND 1997-98
GMTRS 1998-99

 10/5/1991 —
Parksville #3922 instituted.

1992-1993

 

Vancouver 2075Evelyn Carter, #15
(1921-2002)
Init. 1956
 2/18/1993 —
Burnaby #3170 (s)5/2/1993 —
Courtney #3099 (r)

1993-1994

 

Kamloops 3453

Beulah Gilday, #3037
Init. 1980

(lapsed)

  
1994-1995Campbell River 3097

Yvonne Blom, #2831
Init. 1975

PNWRMP
2015-2016

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2013

  

1995-1996

 

Vernon 3557

Mickie Slubowski, #10

Init. 1977

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2007

(lapsed)

 5/4/1996 —
Castlegar #4375 instituted.9-29-1995 —
Summerland-Penticton #3083 consolidates w/ #35575/8/1996 —
Kamloops (South Thompson) #3937 consolidates with #3453

1996-1997

 

Prince George 3318

May Alice Turek, #3557
(1936-2006)
Init. 1963

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2008

  

1997-1998

 

Trail 2838

Marion Tipping, #2546
(1935-2014)
Init. 1968

PPNWRMP
1999-2000

 TYPMT B. Day, #20
(1925
2010)
(1988-1998)Init. 19563/28/1998 —
Chemainus-Crofton #4400instituted.

1998-1999
Creston 3027

Carol Torrance, #2638
Init. 1985

 V. Gjestrum, #20
PM Treasurer (1999 — )Init. 19837/18/1998 —
Surrey/White Rock #4411instituted.

1999-2000

50th Prov. Conv.

 

Duncan 2546

Florence “Flo” Monaghan, #20
Init. 1967

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2012

 Gill Dimock, #2838
(1933-2006)TYPMS (1990-2000)Init. 1968
2000-2001Penticton 4281

Barbara Johnston, #3097
Init. 1967

PPNWRMP
2003-2004

GMIG
2005-06

 Jan Tompkins, #3453
(1944-2014)
PM Secretary (2000-2006)Init. 19906/26/2000 —
Castlegar #4375 (r)

2001-2002

 

Vernon 3557

Glenda Brommeland, #3318
Init. 1982

  

2002-2003

 

Abbotsford 2726

Joan Klit, #2838
Init. 1983

PNWRMP
2007-2008

 

  
2003-2004Cranbrook 3032

Charlotte Bond, #22
Init. 1961

  

2004-2005

55th
Convention

Kamloops 3453

Charleen Proznick, #3453
Init. 1972

 1/31/2005 —
#4411 Surrey / W. Rock (r)#4415 Kelownaconsolidates with #4281
2005-2006Penticton 4281

Lori Matheson,#2075
Init. 1983

Grand Madam
Secretary
2014-15

  
2006-2007Kamloops 3453

Pat Irvine, #2101
Init. 1983

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of
Fame
2009

 12/18/2006 —
#4468 Coquitlam (s)02/13/2007 —
#4477 Colwood (r)————————————
Bev Allan, #12is elected as Provincial Madam Secretary
at the Kamloops Convention, serving in the position until 2009.

2007-2008

June
5th-7th

Campbell River 3097

Lisa Kennelly, #3032
Init. 1984

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2017

 Vera Gjestrum, #20
TYPMT (1999–2008 )BC Aux. Hall of Fame 2009———————————-Marilyn Lewis, #3097is elected as Provincial Madam Treasurer at the Campbell River Convention.


2008-2009

June
3rd-6th

Vernon 3557

Sharon Johnson,
#2638
Init. 1980

PNWRMP
2011-2012

 06/30/2008 —
#4106 Langley (r)10/31/2008 —
#3037 Kimberley (c) 
(consolidates with Cranbrook #3032)


2009-2010

60th Prov. Conv.


June
2nd-5th

Cranbrook 3032

Linda Vipond
#2831
Init. 1978

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2013

 Joanne Krisko #2831 (1963-2018) is elected as Provincial Madam Secretary
at the Cranbrook Convention.Woman of the Year
2013

2010-2011

June
2nd-4th

Penticton 4281

Maureena Wilson
#3097
(1948-2013)
Init. 1971

BC Prov. Auxiliary
Hall of Fame
2012

 Judy Enns #2726 is elected as Provincial Madam Treasurer
at the Penticton Convention.

2011-2012

June
7th-9th

Abbotsford 2726Edith May
#12, (1945-2016)
Init. 1972
  

2012-2013

June
6th-8th

Kamloops 3453Thelma Redmond
#15
Init. 2000
  

2013-2014

June
5th-7th

Hope 2690Yvonne Harry
#4281
Init. 2000
  

2014-2015

65th Prov. Convention

June
6th-8th

Penticton 4281Carol Edgington
#2726
Init. 1991
  

2015-2016

June
2nd-4th

Campbell River 3097Shirley Hunt
#2101
Init. 1991
  

2016-2017

June
8th-10th

Abbotsford 2726Donna Roach
#3318
Init. 19xx
Randy & Shirley chair
Mike & Donna come in 

2017-2018

June
7th-9th

Vernon 3557Klara Schubert #3557  

2018-2019

June
6th-8th

Campbell River 3097Marilyn Lewis #3097 [in memory of Bev Bailey (1946-2018) #2075]  

2019-2020

June
4th-
6th

Cranbrook 3032Marilyn Lewis #3097  

2020-2021

June 3rd-5th

Hope 2690 Nancy Van Oosten #3032  

Bold-faced = deceased members/defunct Aeries; brackets= members brought in; underlined = Past Grand Presidents of the F.O.E.

VCY (Victory Aerie/Auxiliary); Courtenay #3099 (existed 1952-1993); Summerland-Penticton #3083 (existed 1951-1995, when it consolidated with Vernon #3557); Burnaby #3170 (existed 1961-1993).

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