Appendix B - B.C.F.G.A Conventions

1889 Representative Meeting Feb. 1 & 2 Board of Trade Rooms, Vancouver
1890 1st Annual Meeting Feb. 14 & 15 Vancouver
1891 2nd Annual Meeting Jan 7 & 8 Board of Trade Rooms, Vancouver
1892 3rd Annual Meeting Jan 13 Board of Trade Rooms, Vancouver
1893 4th Annual Meeting Jan 25 & 26 Vancouver
1894 5th Annual Meeting Jan 24 & 25 City Hall, New Westminster
1895 6th Annual Meeting Jan 29 Board of Trade Rooms, Victoria
1896 7th Annual Meeting Jan 30 & 31 New Westminster
1897 8th Annual Meeting Jan 29 & 30 City Hall, Victoria
1898 9th Annual Meeting Jan 20 & 21  
1899 9th [sic] Annual Meeting Jan 31 & Feb 1 Agricultural Dept. rooms, Victoria
1900 10th Annual Meeting Jan 9 & 10 Court House, Vancouver
1901 11th Annual Meeting Jan 22 & 23 Court House, New Westminster
1902 12th Annual Meeting Jan 23 &24 Court House, Vancouver
1903 13th Annual Meeting Mar 5 & 6 City Hall, Victoria
1904 14th Annual Meeting Jan 7 & 8 Board of Trade Rooms, New Westminster
1905 15h Annual Meeting Jan 5 & 6 Agricultural Hall, Duncan
1906 16th Annual Meeting Feb 7 & 8 Board of Trade room, Vancouver
1907 17th Annual Meeting Jan 23 & 24 Nelson
1908 18th Annual Meeting Jan 15 City Hall, Victoria
1909 19th Annual Meeting Jan 29 Board of Trade Rooms, Victoria
1910 20th Annual Meeting Feb 5 Women's Building, Exhibition Grounds, Victoria
  British Columbia Fruit Grower's Convention (reorgranization meeting) Apr 12 & 13 Kamloops
1911 21st Annual Convention Jan 6 & 7 Sir William Wallace Hall, Victoria
1912 22nd Annual Convention Jan 30 & 31 Unitarian Hall, Victoria
1913 23rd Annual Convention Jan 6, 7, & 8 Empress Hotel, Victoria
1914 24th Annual Convention Jan 21, 22, & 23 Empress Hotel, Victoria
1915 25th Annual Convention Jan 26 & 27 Convention Hall, East Wing, Parliament Bldgs., Victoria
1916 26th Annual Convention Mar 6 & 7 Empress Hotel, Victoria
1917 27th Annual Convention Feb 13 & 14 Parliament Bldgs., Victoria
1918 28th Annual Convention Jan 16, 17, & 18 Empress Hotel, Victoria
1919 29th Annual Convention Jan 21 & 22 King's Hall, Penticton
1920 30th Annual Convention Jan 14, 15, & 16 Agricultural Hall, Court House, Vernon
1921 31st Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Eagle Hall, Nelson
1922 32nd Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Empress Hotel, Victoria
1923 33rd Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Wesley Hall, Kelowna
1924 34th Annual Convention Jan 16, 17, & 18 City Hall, Chilliwack
1925 35th Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Steward's Hall, Penticton
1926 36th Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Court House, Vernon
1927 37th Annual Convention Jan 11, 12, & 13 Wesley Hall, Kelowna
1928 38th Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Empress Theatre, Kelowna
1929 39th Annual Convention Jan 16, 17, & 18 Legion Hall, Penticton
1930 40th Annual Convention Jan 29, 30, & 31 Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver
1931 41st Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Scout Hall, Vancouver
1932 42nd Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Vernon
  Extraordinary General Meeting May 18 Oddfellows Hall, Kelowna
1933 43rd Annual Convention Jan 25, 26, & 27 Oddfellows Hall,  Penticton
  Extraordinary General Meeting Apr 25 I.O.O.F. Hall, Kelowna
  Extraordinary General Meeting Jul 13 Experimental Station, Summerland
  Extraordinary General Meeting Nov 22 Kelowna
1934 44th Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Kelowna
1935 45th Annual Convention Jan 29, 30, & 31 Oddfellows Hall, Kelowna
1936 46th Annual Convention Feb 25, 26, & 27 I.O.O.F. Hall, Kelowna
1937 47th Annual Convention Jan 12 & 13 Oddfellows Hall, Kelowna
1938 49th [n.b.] Annual Convention Jan 11, 12, & 13 Kelowna
1939 50th Annual Convention Jan 24, 25, & 26 Vernon
1940 51st Annual Convention Jan 10, 11, & 12 Penticton
1941 52nd Annual Convention Jan 14, 15, & 16 Oddfellows Hall, Kelowna
1942 53rd Annual Convention Jan 27, 28, & 29 Capital Theatre, Vernon
1943 54th Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Penticton
1944 55th Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Kelowna
1945 56th Annual Convention Jan 23, 24, & 25 Kelowna
1946 57th Annual Convention Jan 15, 16, &17 Penticton (15 & 17) and Oliver (16)
1947 58th Annual Convention Jan 21, 22, & 23 Kelowna
1948 59th Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Gyro Hall, Penticton
1949 60th Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, 20, & 21 Gyro Hall, Penticton
1950 61st Annual Convention Jan 7, 18, & 19 Gyro Hall, Penticton
1951 62nd Annual Convention Jan 16, 17, & 18 Canadian Legion Hall, Vernon
1952 63rd Annual Convention Jan 15, 16, & 17 Penticton Armoury, Penticton
1953 64th Annual Convention Jan 13, 14, & 15 Canadian Legion Hall, Vernon
1954 65th Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Penticton Armoury, Penticton
1955 66th Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Anglican Parish Hal, Kelowna
1956 67th Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Auditorium, Vernon Senior High School, Vernon
1957 68th Annual Convention Jan 22, 23, & 24 Auditorium, Penticton High School, Penticton
1958 69th Annual Convention Jan 14, 15, & 16 Aqua Ballroom, Kelowna Aquatic Association, City Park, Kelowna
1959 70th Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Canadian Legion Auditorium, Vernon
  Special General Meeting Apr 21 Canadian Legion Hall, Penticton
1960 71st Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Canadian Legion Hall, Penticton
1961 72nd Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Aqua Ballroom, Aquatic Association, City Park, Kelowna
1962 73rd Annual Convention Jan 23, 24, & 25 Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Vernon
1963 74th Annual Convention Jan 22, 23, & 25 Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Penticton
1964 75th Annual Convention Jan 21, 22, & 23 Aqua Ballroom, Aquatic Association, City Park, Kelowna
1965 76th Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Vernon
1966 77th Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Peach Bowl Convention Center, Penticton
1967 78th Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Aqua Ballroom, Aquatic Association, City Park, Kelowna
1968 79th Annual Convention Jan 16, 17, & 18 Vernon Community Centre, Vernon
1969 80th Annual Convention Jan 21, 22, & 23 Peach Bowl, Penticton
1970 81st Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Convention Centre, Vernon
1971 82nd Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Peach Bowl, Penticton
1972 83rd Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Peach Bowl, Penticton
1973 84th Annual Convention Jan 16, 17, & 18 Community Centre, Osoyoos
1974 85th Annual Convention Jan 15, 16, & 17 Peach Bowl, Penticton
1975 86th Annual Convention Jan 21, 22, & 23 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1976 87th Annual Convention Jan 19, 21, & 22 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1977 88th Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Village Green Inn, Vernon
1978 89th Annual Convention Jan 24, 25, & 26 Peach Bowl, Penticton
1979 90th Annual Convention Jan 23, 24, & 25 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1980 91st Annual Convention Jan 22, 23, & 24 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1981 92nd Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1982 93rd Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1983 95th Annual Convention Jan 18, 19, & 20 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1984 95th Annual Convention Jan 17, 18, & 19 Delta Lakeside Hotel, Penticton
1985 96th Annual Convention Jan 15, 16, & 17 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1986 97th Annual Convention Jan 21, 22, & 23 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1987 98th Annual Convention Jan 20, 21, & 22 Delta Lakeside Hotel, Penticton
1988 99th Annual Convention Jan 19, 20, & 21 Capri Hotel, Kelowna
1989 100th Annual Convention Jan 24, 25, & 26 Capri Hotel and the Boardwalk, Kelowna
Candace Schaefer, Sun-Rype tour guide, hands out B.C. Tree Fruits apples on behalf of the B.C.F.G.A., Kelowna, 1989.

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