Barry Wilson Collection
Barry Wilson has been working for the Western Producer for 30 years as a journalist writing on topics such as federal policy development, federal-provincial agricultural relations, national farm lobbies, world trade talks, and world food issues.
At the age of fourteen Mr. Wilson began collecting political memorabilia and the items in the Collection all have a unique story behind them. At the core of the Barry Wilson Collection are the signatures of every Canadian Prime Minister between 1867 and 2009.
This web exhibit focuses on the motivations behind and highlights of the collection. It features images of all the items in the Wilson Collection and an oral history conducted with Barry Wilson, and a lecture given by Barry Wilson in Chelsea, Quebec to the Gatineau Valley Historical Society. All of these items in the collection are linked to the Archives and Research Collections archival finding aid.
Link to Timeline Widget: click here
Link to Oral History: click here
Link to Finding Aid: click here
Link to Descriptive Record: click here
- Barry Wilson Lecture Given to the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
| 1892 Conservative Membership Poster |
1892 Conservative Membership Poster gathered by Barry Wilson. |
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| 1895 Federal Elections |
This pamphlet was published in 1894 and but was actually distributed to the Liberal Party of Canada in 1895. It contains the Liberal election platform for that year. |
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| 2003 Liberal Leadership Convention |
This is the official program for the November, 2003 Liberal Leadership Convention head in Toronto, Ontario. Paul Martin would win the Liberal Leadership during the course of the Convention... |
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| Button Collection |
There are a number of political buttons contained within the Barry Wilson Collection. The Tribute Trudeau button dated 1984 was distributed to recognize Pierre Trudeau’s political... |
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| First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics: Website Launch at Library-Archives Canada: 1994 |
This photograph was taken in 1994 at the Library and Archives of Canada launching of the website: First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics. Over... |
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| John Bracken |
John Bracken Election Poster gathered by Barry Wilson. |
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