1928-1960s
Male
Lawyer, city councillor, board and committee member
"Hugh Norman Lidster (known as Norman) was born in 1888 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. Hugh moved to British Columbia with his family in 1902. After finishing school Norman worked a variety of jobs before he was admitted to the bar in 1913. Lidster specialized in municipal law and moved to New Westminster to open his practice. Norman married Jesse and had four children: Freda, Norman, Dorthea, and Wally. In 1925, he was elected as a New Westminster city councillor, he was also appointed to the City’s Library Board. From 1929 to 1966, he served on the Provincial Library Board. From 1946 till his retirement in 1957 he served as the first City Solicitor. He was one of the city staff given the task of organizing the purchase of Irving House in 1950 and served proudly as chairman of its board until 1958. He was also a member of the 1958 B.C. Centennial Committee and in 1962, he received one of the coveted Trustee Awards of Merit from the Canadian library Trustees’ Association for his work with the New Westminster library committee. Norman passed away in 1967 at the age of 78." (New Westminster Archives)
"H. Norman Lidster fonds." New Westminster Archives: http://archives.newwestcity.ca/permalink/52823/
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